Bosnia: How Ethnic Division is Crippling Business
September 17, 2013![Kühe im Stall am 18.2.2006 aufgenommen am 15.3.2013 geladen +++ noanet / CC BY-SA 2.0 +++](https://static.dw.com/image/16679405_800.webp)
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For years, Croatia has been Bosnia and Herzegovina's most important trading partner, particularly in the meat and dairy industries. Now Bosnian companies are facing bankruptcy, as rival ethnic groups refuse to co-operate with authorities. The country does not even have a department of agriculture. That's causing problems with the EU, which insists on co-operating solely on the national, rather than regional level.