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Germany expands food price taskforce amid rising inflation linked to the war

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The German coalition government has decided to broaden its existing Task Force on Food Prices, placing fresh focus directly under scrutiny due to soaring costs driven by global instability including recent developments related to Iran's involvement with Russia against Western interests as well as ongoing conflict zones like Gaza affecting supply chains for wheat from Ukraine and other regions.

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    The German coalition government plans to expand its task force focus on food prices in response to the ongoing Iran war.
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    Rising living costs are being identified as a direct consequence of recent geopolitical conflicts, specifically involving regional tensions over oil and wheat supplies from Ukraine.
[Mar 21] Coalition government announces intention to expand task force focus on food prices due to rising living costs linked to the Iran war (Tagesschau.de, Spiegel.de).