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    Gloomy commodity outlook as coronavirus spreads

    Mar 09, 2020 2 minutes
    AGRIBUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
    BY WANDILE SIHLOBO

    The novel coronovirus (COVID-19), which is spreading fast across Asia and other regions of the world, presents a risk for global value chains. Organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development have already slashed their growth forecasts for the year.

    I have also started to observe unease

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