This new grain agrrement is potentially a really big deal. Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement (technically, both made the agreement with the UN, not directly with each other) that allows both sides to resume grain shipments, which would mitigate or avoid famine for millions of people in the ”global South“. This is at least an unusual agreement in the middle of a shooting war; Martin Griffiths in this report calls it unprecedented: “I cannot think of an example of an agreement mediated between the two warring parties in the middle of a hot war producing a benefit that is attributable to global welfare. I don't think that has happened before.”
Ukraine-Russia Grain Deal
Ukraine-Russia Grain Deal
Ukraine-Russia Grain Deal
This new grain agrrement is potentially a really big deal. Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement (technically, both made the agreement with the UN, not directly with each other) that allows both sides to resume grain shipments, which would mitigate or avoid famine for millions of people in the ”global South“. This is at least an unusual agreement in the middle of a shooting war; Martin Griffiths in this report calls it unprecedented: “I cannot think of an example of an agreement mediated between the two warring parties in the middle of a hot war producing a benefit that is attributable to global welfare. I don't think that has happened before.”