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Coffee deal off the boil
(BBC News)
May 29, 2000
(posted May 26)
A deal to boost the income of the world's coffee producers, most of whom are poor developing countries, is under strain just one week after the plan was announced.
The Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) had agreed to hold back 20% of coffee production for two years to boost prices.
Coffee prices recently reached a seven-year low of $890 a ...... Read more on BBC News
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