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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9673
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin

Finance ministers discuss measures to tackle food price rises

Brussels, 02/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - At their meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday 3 June 2008, EU finance ministers will discuss the main drivers in the global rise in food prices and possible policy approaches to this phenomenon, which may last into the long term. Whilst commodity prices rises have not been uniform around the world, the increased have been broad-based (including oil, farm products and some metals), explains a document prepared by the EFC (Economic and Financial Committee)...

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