COFFEE CRISIS
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLPOLITICAL pressure has been placed on European Union ministers to press for reforms to the world coffee trading system, which has experienced a 50 per cent drop in producer prices over the past three years, slashing the income of producers. The European Parliament has overwhelmingly supported a resolution calling for the EU to take a development plan to May 19's International Coffee Organisation/World Bank meeting. This would suggest the organisation of producers to strengthen their control over prices in a sector MEPs say is "dominated by four ...
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