Saïed targets 'disguised speculation' on dates, lobster and bottled water

President Kaïs Saïed told the prime minister and the commerce and interior ministers on Friday that farmers are being paid as little as one dinar a kilo for dates while 'disguised' speculation drives up prices for lobster, poultry, bottled water and farm inputs. He accused unnamed actors of deliberately creating artificial shortages, making goods 'appear on markets then disappear without justification.'

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