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Tomatoes with a bitter aftertaste

22.03.2020, Trade and investments

Cofco Tunhe, the world's second-largest producer of canned tomatoes, operates in Xinjiang, where China oppresses millions of Uyghurs. The Cofco Group has set up its global trading headquarters in Geneva. Switzerland must act.

Isolda Agazzi
Isolda Agazzi

Expert on trade and investment policy / Media relations French-speaking part of Switzerland

Tomatoes with a bitter aftertaste

People like Idrissa Diassy (24) from Senegal are victims of globalised tomato production. He works far away from home near Foggia in southern Italy.
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