Lift of Export Ban in Vietnam could Ease Rice Prices (MarketWatch)

Dow Jones MarketWatch quotes CGD visiting fellow Tom Slayton on Asian export restrictions on rice.

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"The Indian government had imposed restrictions on non-basmati rice exports in October, but lifted those later following protests from exporters.

India's 'export restrictions spread to other suppliers and lead to urgent efforts by rice importing countries to secure supplies -- at any price -- in a thin global market,' said Tom Slayton, an economist at Center for Global Development, a Washington-based nongovernmental organization, in a note."

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