Tag: Free trade

  • Global rice markets are in crisis amid ‘artificial’ shortage

    Global rice markets are in crisis amid ‘artificial’ shortage

    Rice is a crucial staple for over half the global population and the world is bracing for its most significant shortage in 20 years. India’s export ban on rice is reverberating through global rice markets, threatening food security if developing nations cannot afford or access rice. “The only shortage out there right now would really…