"Speculation is linked to derivatives, which are linked to raw materials...That is something we want to regulate very carefully."

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"Speculation is linked to derivatives, which are linked to raw materials...That is something we want to regulate very carefully."

--Michel Barnier, E.U. internal market commissioner-designate, on the connection between derivatives and famine in countries such as Haiti and the need for more regulation

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