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David Spielman

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The White Paper of food and the obsession with famine that once happened in China (Epoch Times)

December 06, 2019


Epoch Times (China) reported on the US-China trade wars and food prices. According to Senior Research Fellow David Laborde, the most serious consequences are that trade wars will cause instability and delay investment, including new farming technologies. “High food prices are not a problem for the rich, but a major problem for the poor, and it can provoke political instability.”  Republished in Dao Bao (Viet Nam) and Info 51 (Canada – China)

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