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Jack Gramenz

China food giant sued for Aussie wheat-market meddling

A Chinese food processor is being sued over claims it interfered with local wheat market prices. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

A Chinese state-owned multinational food-processing giant has been accused by Australia's corporate watchdog of manipulating the nation's wheat market prices dozens of times.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sued local subsidiaries of China Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO), accusing it of manipulating settlement prices and driving up costs for consumers.

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