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Ukrainian grain: Why are eastern EU members banning imports? – DW (www.dw.com)
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[–] tal@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He accused the EU of representing American and not European interests, saying that Ukrainian grain is actually "a commercial product originating from a territory, which, possibly, has long been in the US's hands."

OrbΓ‘n, the US is a significantly larger wheat and corn producer than Ukraine is. If we had a cunning plot to somehow make money off Hungarian wheat consumers all this time, why wouldn't we have been selling our grain?