MEPs back plans to curb food speculators

In Brussels, the European parliament backed new plans this week to clamp down on so called food speculation. Ahead of the vote on Wednesday, campaigners held a rally calling on MEPs to act. The cost of wheat and corn has soared this summer. That is partly due to drought in the US Midwest, but activists say the problem is being made worse by financial speculators driving prices up even higher...
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