“And yet they still have the pretence of being a developing country in the WTO and in the World Bank, and they could suspend that,” Malpass added.
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Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington DC, told the BBC in an emailed statement: “China is committed to maintaining the stability of global food and fertilizer markets.
“The root causes behind the current disruptions in global food and fertilizer supply chains are crystal clear; this blame cannot be shifted onto China,” he added.
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