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French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier talks to the press on April 14, 2008 during an Agriculture and Fisheries Concil meeting at the EU Council in Luxembourg
Monday, Apr. 28, 2008

Open quoteWe can't leave feeding people to the mercy of the market.Close quote

  • French farm minister MICHEL BARNIER
  • arguing that recent spikes in global food prices are the result of free-market liberalism
Photo: Dominique Faget / AFP/Getty | Source: Financial Times