Greece and Russia's Fruit 'n' Veg-for-Gas Deal (Sort Of)

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Not quite the Commanding Heights: Citrus for the Putin. A lack of export diversity characterizes any number of economically troubled nations... Continue reading →

Sympathy for the Monsanto: An Unenviable PR Job

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Anti-Monsanto campaigners have fun with Photoshop. Environmentally-conscious readers will no doubt be aware of the controversies surrounding... Continue reading →

USA vs Russia: Real Victims are the Chickens

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The victims we know so well / They shine in your eyes when they kiss and tell. The main difficulty for the United States in applying trade ... Continue reading →

Can LatAm Regain Choco Mkt Share Lost to Africa?

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History 101: Sharing chocos with white people wasn't such a marvy idea. Murder, pillage, disease and conquest followed early American em... Continue reading →

Pssst...Anyone Notice Done Japan-Australia FTA?

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 While the Trans-Pacific Partnership is on hold partly due to Japanese intransigence--more on this later--two TPP negotiators have neverthel... Continue reading →

Buying Thai Rice: PRC Now Cares About Corruption?

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Yinglucks legacy is a colossal waste of food and money China is famous for espousing a policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of... Continue reading →

Business as Usual: Thailand Back in Crisis Mode

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There is an anarchic quality to Thai politics that has to be seen to be believed. At regular intervals, mass protests, military coups and ot... Continue reading →

Does US Discourage PRC FDI? Uncle Sam Sez No

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This is a follow-up to a recent post about the Chinese food conglomerate Shuanghui International attempting to purchase US pork producer Sm... Continue reading →

Subsidies or Thailand's Descent Into Egyptification

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One of the biggest (fiscal) drags on the Egyptian economy is its continued use of massive subsidies for food and energy. At a touch less tha... Continue reading →

'Like Saudi Leaving OPEC': Russians Ditch Potash Cartel

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Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Share Price Fertilizer may not be the sexiest of industries, but make no mistake: Given its widespread agricultu... Continue reading →

Badluck Shinawatra's Failed Global Thai Rice Empire

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I suppose that Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra has received as much grief over her first name as Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. But oh, Y... Continue reading →

Is the 2013 US Farm Bill "WTO Legal"? Nope

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Ho hum--another US Farm Bill, another round of fat agricultural subsidies for American producers that hurt farmers in the developing world. ... Continue reading →