Argentine farmers said Friday that they would fight a reported plan to nationalize grain trading, warning that such a move would deepen a long-running conflict between the government and agricultural groups.
Growers' groups were reacting to reports in Argentine newspapers that the government's tax collection agency, AFIP, is considering creating a body to control the domestic and foreign trading of grains, flours and oils.
The government's reported goal would be to supply the domestic market first and export the leftover.
AFIP declined a request by The Associated Press for comment on the reports, which appeared in leading Argentine newspapers La …
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