JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's announcement last week of a plan to ban palm oil exports shocked the world, sending edible oil prices roiling and igniting further worries over global food price rises amid the still raging Russia-Ukraine war.
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Stubbornly high cooking oil prices in Indonesia have frustrated President Joko Widodo's administration. © Reuters
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