This is how its done.
A Chinese-owned company “infiltrating” the nation became the first to get the boot as Arkansas hit a seed producer with a hefty fine, an order to sell back their land and to stop “stealing American research.”
“This is about where your loyalties lie.”
During a Tuesday press conference, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) followed through with a law signed earlier this year prohibiting “certain foreign parties” from owning farmland and announced 160 acres in Craighead County would be going on the market after connections to China had previously gone undisclosed.
Syngenta, a seed production company headquartered in Switzerland but tied to the Chinese Communist Party-controlled ChemChina, was given two years to sell their land while they were also hit with a maximum fine of $280,000 from Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin after he reported they had failed to disclose their foreign ownership by June. Refusal to pay within 30 days would result in further action.
On X, Sanders, seen flanked by Griffin, Agricultural Secretary Wes Ward and others, posted, “For far too long, we’ve tolerated dangerous governments infiltrating our country. Arkansas will not tolerate them any longer. Today, I announced that Arkansas is becoming the first state in the nation to force a Chinese state-owned company to sell its American farmland.”
“This is about where your loyalties lie,” she explained during the press conference. “Seeds are technology. Chinese-owned state corps filter that technology back to their homeland, stealing American research and telling our enemies how to target American farms.”
The move worked in accordance with Act 636, one of the slate of agricultural laws enacted following the 2023 regular session in Arkansas that “prohibits certain foreign parties from acquiring any interest in Arkansas agricultural land, provides penalties for violations [and] creates the Office of Agricultural Intelligence for information analysis and enforcement.”
In their own statement over the move from the Arkansas government, Saswato Das explained to Reuters that Syngenta currently owned 1,500 acres of U.S. land and argued the forced sale would be a detriment to American farmers.
“Our people in Arkansas are Americans led by Americans who care deeply about serving Arkansas farmers. This action hurts Arkansas farmers more than anyone else,” the spokesperson contended. “No one from China has ever directed any Syngenta executive buy, lease, or otherwise engage in land acquisition in the United States.”
ChiCom entities have purchased land right outside of U.S. military bases.
Millions of products sold in America have “Made in China” stamped on them.
The U.S. government and American businesses are selling our security to the CCP.
The Biden Family Crime Syndicate also has financial ties with ChiCom entities.
While U.S. politicians and CEOs are treating Beijing like a business partner, the Chinese have engaged in cyber attacks, spying, economic espionage, and actual threatening of U.S. Naval vessels. Yet these traitors think giving them money, technology, and contributing to the Chinese threat are good ideas.
Propping up a communist totalitarian regime with capitalist dollars is suicidal. China is an enemy and should be treated as such instead of having the privilege of being a business associate. Doing business with a communist country will not transform it into a freedom-nurturing society.
All of the money being poured into China is coming back to bite us in the ass.