Why the Global Banana Industry May Be in Danger

Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway discusses the threat to the banana market.

Jan 15, 2016

Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway discusses the threat to the banana market with Bloomberg's Alix Steel, Joe Weisenthal and Scarlet Fu.

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