Continental drift: Europe’s challenges
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
A pair of crises will bedevil Europe, starting with crippling energy prices in the short term. And American protectionism threatens a longer-term dent in the continent’s green-industry ambitions. A visit to Ivory Coast’s cocoa operations reveals why balancing farmers’ welfare and market forces is so tricky. And what Britain’s street names reveal about its history and its ideals.
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| 1:18.5 | No country produces more of the world's chocolate than the Ivory Coast. |
| 1:23.1 | But growing cacao isn't easy or lucrative for the farmers. |
| 1:27.2 | Our correspondent visits in Ivoirian |
| 1:29.3 | village to learn about a battle brewing over how to improve cacao farmers' lives. And there's a lot |
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