SAN FRANCISCO, USA, May 30 (IPS) – The writer is Policy Director at The Oakland Institute, San FranciscoIndia is being asked by the US government and the IMF to reconsider its decision to suspend wheat exports. Their cited concern is that export restrictions will exacerbate food shortages amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But the argument does not stand ground technically or morally.
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