Yellen Says World Faces Food Crisis Because of War in Ukraine
- US Treasury secretary speaks in Warsaw on way to G-7
- Finance chiefs will release action plan later this week
Workers unload wheat at a facility in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India.
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a global crisis by exacerbating food security issues for the whole world.
“The war is having an impact beyond Ukraine and it’s something that we’re very concerned about,” she said in Warsaw on Monday. “I’m afraid we really have a global crisis on our hands.”