EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Sikela speaks during the EU-Vietnam business and investment forum in Hanoi on March 24, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images)

Two producers (facing the camera) speak with a manager of a purchasing cooperative in a residual cocoa warehouse awaiting collection in Songan, a village near Aboisso, on March 17, 2026. Exports from the west African country have slowed since late last year, mainly because of a collapse in world prices, which have fallen fourfold in less than a year. Ivorian beans have piled up at warehouses of the agricultural coperatives that act as intermediaries between producers and exporters, while growers are not paid. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Cocoa producers display their cashless sales receipts during an emergency meeting with purchasing cooperative officials in Songan, a village in the near Aboisso, on March 17, 2026. Exports from the west African country have slowed since late last year, mainly because of a collapse in world prices, which have fallen fourfold in less than a year. Ivorian beans have piled up at warehouses of the agricultural coperatives that act as intermediaries between producers and exporters, while growers are not paid. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker collects residual cocoa after drying in front of a warehouse of cocoa awaiting removal in Aboisso on March 17, 2026. Exports from the west African country have slowed since late last year, mainly because of a collapse in world prices, which have fallen fourfold in less than a year. Ivorian beans have piled up at warehouses of the agricultural coperatives that act as intermediaries between producers and exporters, while growers are not paid. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Cocoa producers display their cashless sales receipts during an emergency meeting with purchasing cooperative officials in Songan, a village near Aboisso, on March 17, 2026. Exports from the west African country have slowed since late last year, mainly because of a collapse in world prices, which have fallen fourfold in less than a year. Ivorian beans have piled up at warehouses of the agricultural coperatives that act as intermediaries between producers and exporters, while growers are not paid. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker dries residual cocoa awaiting collection in front of a cocoa warehouse in Aboisso on March 17, 2026. Exports from the west African country have slowed since late last year, mainly because of a collapse in world prices, which have fallen fourfold in less than a year. Ivorian beans have piled up at warehouses of the agricultural coperatives that act as intermediaries between producers and exporters, while growers are not paid. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers collect residual cocoa after drying in front of a warehouse of cocoa awaiting removal in Aboisso on March 17, 2026. Exports from the west African country have slowed since late last year, mainly because of a collapse in world prices, which have fallen fourfold in less than a year. Ivorian beans have piled up at warehouses of the agricultural coperatives that act as intermediaries between producers and exporters, while growers are not paid. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP via Getty Images)

A manager of a cocoa purchasing cooperative inspects residual cocoa awaiting collection in a cocoa warehouse in Aboisso on March 17, 2026. Exports from the west African country have slowed since late last year, mainly because of a collapse in world prices, which have fallen fourfold in less than a year. Ivorian beans have piled up at warehouses of the agricultural coperatives that act as intermediaries between producers and exporters, while growers are not paid. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP via Getty Images)