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AMMAN, Dec 25 (KUNA) -- The Arab Consumers Union Tuesday urged oil states
to help non-producers as oil price hikes threaten to over-burden budgets and
economies and affect living conditions.
A union statement said it hopes Arab producers show their customary
generosity and care toward non-producers and offer solutions and proposals to
alleviate the economic burden of soaring prices.
The statement cautioned that the price hikes are by now creeping onto basic
commodities and staple goods and could dramatically affect living conditions
and social structure in the region. The suffering is even greater in states
already experiencing economic difficulties and challenge, the statement said.
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