The U.S. said it, then said it again: ECA could feed Europe without buying a quintal of wheat from Argentina.
What had happened? In Washington last week, a dollarwise businessman, temporarily turned ECA official, looked up from his crop reports and exultantly pointed out some world food facts: wheat fields all over Europe are rich with promise; ECA countries' estimated crop of 30 million metric tons is only 5% under prewar production; the U.S., with the second-largest crop in its historyand some help from Canadacan make up what Europe needs.
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