The relevance of a variety of expressions
Newspapers have a bias toward the conveniently quantifiable.
Benin
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World will be watching as U.S. tackles farm subsidies
As Congress prepares to craft a new farm bill in the coming weeks, Arkansas cotton growers are bracing for tens of billions of dollars in cuts in the cash paym…
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With no money to fight U.S., 4 took cotton case to WTO
In 2002, Brazil took the United States to international trade court, using its muscle as a large trading partner to force U.S. concessions.
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Poor nation struggles for a toehold in cotton trade
Each day, Sambo Sero balances his hand-hoe over his shoulder and disappears onto the path that is barely visible from the dirt road. He navigates the twisty ro…
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Beninese scrape by on average of $730 a year
The van, having made pickups at roadside gas stands throughout Cotonou, snaked along pitted, dirt side streets toward the drop-off point.
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In Benin, genetically modified cotton not option for now
Dismayed, Sero Modougou walked among his cotton plants, scanning the damage.
