Absent 2015 Contracts, Leaf Growers Plant the Seeds for Negotiation Right Alongside Their Tobacco

摘要

Deal makers from Washington to Wall Street might take a cue from the current crop of tobaccofarmers when it comes to working up a negotiating strategy. With tobacco inventories way up, prices in question and traditional contracts being phased out by the multinationals, tobacco farmers could not be blamed for having a clear motivation to avoid anything that looks even remotely like a tobacco surplus this growing season.