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World Service,20 Apr 2023,26 mins

EU subsidises nations that banned Ukraine’s grain

World Business Report

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Sam Fenwick hears about the European Commission’s offer to nations which had imposed restrictions on importing cheap grain from Ukraine. Poland, Hungary and several other European countries had taken the action to protect their farming industries. The European Commission had previously warned those nations’ actions wouldn’t be tolerated. Plus the taps are turned on to a new natural gas field in Turkey and the Shanghai Motorshow looks towards electric vehicles. (Photo: Polish farmers protest against importing grain from Ukraine. (Credit: NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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