spamtrap1888 > wrote:

>I was startled to find that Trader Joe's frozen green beans come from
>France. How can it be cheap to ship produce from the Eurozone a
>quarter of the way around the world?

They go through the Panama canal, and by international convention
there is no tax (at least, very little tax) on fuel for ocean-going
cargo vessels.

Let's see.. there's an immigration crackdown in the U.S., whereas
France has legal immigrant labor from impoverished eastern Europe
countries.

Oh I forgot... HUGE farm subsidies in France.

Steve