Food Fight: ‘Latin America will not bow to EU pressure, will tighten ties with Russia’

[DeSwiss]

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RT * Published on Aug 12, 2014

The EU is reportedly planning to put pressure on Latin America to stop it from boosting its agricultural exports to Russia. In response to sanctions, Moscow imposed a food embargo on a range of EU products, and countries like Brazil and Chile are being canvassed to step in and fill the gap. For more on this RT is joined by Robert Oulds, head of the Bruges Group think-tank.

See also: Financial Times - EU plans sanctions talks with LatAm

So if you're scoring at home:

The EU not only:

(1) screws their own farmers but they want to;

(2) starve the Russians while;

(3) simultaneously restraining the right of international trade by Latin America; and

(4) demand a continuation of providing them cheap Russian natural gas so they're all warm and cozy this winter while the Russians are eating their cold, cold turnips.

I think that covers the main points.

- I know, I know. You're thinking, what I'm thinking: ''This Global Governance ''On-The-Job Training'' Program is not working out......''

[ballyhoo]

1. Good for Latin America. I suppose they

are also insisting that dollars are to be used to pay for all Russian natural gas too.

[KurtNYC]

2. a south american source for food seems appropriate since the seasons are opposite

of the northern hemisphere. Likewise for heating oil seasons.

[DeSwiss]

3. Good point.

- Perfect symbiosis.

[TT_Progress]

4. Poland is begging the US to buy their apples - "Freedom Apples"

Apparently they cannot export their apples here.

[DeSwiss]

5. When this hissyfit was being hatched.......

...they didn't think this was likely apparently. If I were the Polish leader, I'd quit the EU and join the BRICs. They actually may have a future.

Especially since most BRIC countries they don't like the dollar, they don't like corporations from the West and they especially don't like Monsanto.

- So South America food will have the added appeal and sale value of being non-GMO.

[zappaman]

6. LOCKED.

Typical RT conspiracy theory.