Bill Clinton: “Since 1981 the United States has followed a policy until the last…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2010

Since 1981 the United States has followed a policy until the last year, when we started rethinking it, that we rich countries that produce a lot of food should sell to poor countries and relieve them of the burden of producing their own food, so that they can leap directly into the industrial era. It has not worked.

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Bill Clinton

Democratic · Arkansas

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Editor's note · Context

Critiquing U.S. food aid policy and its ineffectiveness.

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Bill Clinton: “Since 1981 the United States has followed a policy until the last year, when we started rethinking it, that we rich…”

Editor's note · Context