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Why Fonterra’s China problem is bigger than we think

Analysis: Fonterra chairman John Wilson and chief executive Theo Spierings will have to face up to the Beingmate problem next week.

Fri, 16 Mar 2018

You know things have gone awfully pear-shaped when the media starts describing you as cursed.

But that’s what Fonterra is up against in China, thanks to its disastrous investment in infant formula company Beingmate Baby & Child Food Co.

“Judging from the current situation in China, unlucky

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