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World Service,26 Sep 1995,13 mins

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How sugar's history begins with the cutting of cane, and ends with a global commodity "It's a site of competition between producers in the North, notably Europe, and producers in developing countries. That competition takes place on exceptionally unequal terms" says Kevin Watkins from Oxfam.

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