BNN Bloomberg reported on export restrictions. Of at least 17 countries that sought to limit food exports to protect local supplies, about half have backtracked all or some of the measures, according to the COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said, “We hope that we have seen the end of export restrictions,” Glauber said by email. “But people will be watching countries such as Russia to see whether the current quota and restrictions are extended into the new crop year.” (Reach K) Republished in Bloomberg Quint (India), Bloomberg Law, Yahoo Finanzen Deutschland, MSN Philippines, UOL Economia (Brazil), Yahoo Canada, BloombergtHt (Turkey), American Journal of Transportation (AJOT), Business Mirror (Philippines), and several other major international media outlets.
Food panic recedes for now as nations row back export curbs (BNN Bloomberg)
May 12, 2020