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Diplomatic Food Fights
When you hear of diplomatic rows between powerful nations, what's the next move? Recall an ambassador, lodge a complaint with the UN, threaten more trade sanctions? Or you might just slap a ban instead on a popular food commodity coming in or out of your adversary's country. Taraneh Millard of 大象传媒 Monitoring and Irena Taranyuk of 大象传媒 Ukrainian service discuss why food can so often cook up diplomatic disputes between nations.
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