AlQa'dah 4, 1434, Sep 10, 2013, SPA -- Macedonia is deliberating its next move in an escalating trade war with Kosovo, which closed its borders to all Macedonian goods to protest a wheat export ban, AP reported. Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was chairing a cabinet meeting on the dispute Tuesday as irate truckers blocked crossings to Kosovo. Kosovo is Macedonia's second-largest market, after Germany, worth $392 million last year. The dispute started in July when Gruevski's conservative government banned cheap wheat and flour imports from a group of countries, including Kosovo, to protect domestic output. That prompted Kosovo to impose a partial ban on Macedonian imports. Macedonia then responded with a border tax on Kosovar travelers before Sunday's blanket ban. After talks with his opposite number in Kosovo's capital Pristina Monday, Macedonia's economy minister said a solution is urgent.
