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EU Removes Post-Fukushima Curbs On Japan Food Imports

The European Union agreed to remove restrictions on Japanese food imports, imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, with the hope that Japan will...

EU Seeks To Relax Gene-Edited Crop Restrictions

The European Commission proposed revising its rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to loosen some restrictions for plants resulting from newer ge...

Revised EU Rules Recognise The Value Of Retail And Wholesale Alliances: EuroCommerce

Revised competition rules on cooperation agreements, which entered into force on 1 July 2023, provide the legal framework for retail and wholesale alliance...

EU Warns Against Adjusting Mercosur Trade Deal

The European Commission said it would be unwise to renegotiate parts of its proposed free trade agreement with Brazil and other countries of the Mercosur b...

EU Parliament Backs Company Checks On Suppliers For Human Rights Abuses

The European Parliament on Thursday approved a groundbreaking draft law that would make it mandatory for large companies to check whether their suppli...

Europe Hits Resistance In Race To Finalise Green Laws

Increased political resistance to new EU laws to protect the environment has left the European Commission fighting to keep intact its vision for Europe's g...

Deal Reached In Principle To Resume Ukraine Grain Transit With Five EU Countries

The European Commission has reached a deal in principle to allow the transit of Ukrainian grain to resume through five European Union countries that had im...

EU Countries Agree To Extend Import Tariff Suspension For Ukraine

EU governments have agreed to extend by a year the suspension of duties and quotas on imports from Ukraine to help its economy during the war with Russia.