G7 Crafting Plan to Combat Theft of Ukraine Grain
According to a Reuters report, the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations are working on a plan to battle the suspected pilfering of Ukraine's grain by using chemical identification of grain origin, Mark Spencer, Britain's Food and farming minister said on Monday, June 12.
- Spencer says that Britain is leading the plan and that G7 countries were also working intimately with Ukraine.
- Britain announced new sanctions last month on Russia over its war on Ukraine.
- Russia and Ukraine are the main grain exporters to developing countries in Africa and the Middle East. Targeting countries involved in grain trading is strange since it usually comes under humanitarian exemptions from sanctions.
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