Weekly Overview: Global Trade Impacted by Political Situation in Ukraine
GLOBAL - The Russian ban on foods imports from selected countries has prompted mixed reactions. The ban was put in place apparently in retaliation for sanctions imposed by those nations following Russian actions over Crimea and Ukraine. US pork imports are unaffected by the new ban and have reached record levels for the month of June and for the first six months of the year. New outbreaks of African swine fever have been reported in the last week in Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
11 August 2014
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