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Article: BRAZIL: U.S. PROTECTIONISM PUNISHES LOCAL CITRUS GROWERS
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- January 29, 2002
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 28 (IPS) -- Orange juice exporters in
Brazil say that protectionist policies in the industrialized
North block their exports, deprive developing countries of
investment, and make it impossible for them to pay their workers
more money.
Since 1996, two large Brazilian orange juice companies,
Cutrale and Citrosuco, have been producing part of their juice in
Florida, where they purchased local plants.
Two transnational corporations that operated in Brazil,
France's LouisDreyfus Citrus and the U.S. firm Cargill, followed
suit, thus swelling the "Brazilian invasion" that has triggered
fears among Florida citrus growers.
There are a number of ...