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European Consumers Demand Better Animal Welfare Standards, Data Shows

New findings from the EU's Eurobarometer service indicate that a substantial 84% of European consumers are in favour of stronger safeguards for the well-be...

EU Offers Australia Tariff-Free Sugar Quota Equal To Just Half A Ship, Sources Say

European Union negotiators in free trade talks with Australia are offering such low import quotas for the sweetener they are not commercially viable to shi...

Ukraine Optimistic On Resolving Grain Bans Of EU Neighbours

Ukraine expressed optimism that a stand-off with neighbouring EU countries that have imposed measures to restrict imports of Ukrainian agricultural product...

EU's Bid To Save Bees Stings Sugar Beet Farmers

Europe's sugar beet growers are turning away from the crop in a move that could drive soaring prices even higher, as the EU's environmental rules clash wit...

Kyiv Acts On 'Compromise' Plan After Filing WTO Trade Complaint Over Food Ban

Ukraine has appealed to three neighbouring countries in the European Union to embark on 'constructive dialogue' to end a dispute over agricultural trade, a...

Spain Sees Ukraine Grain Ban By Some EU States As Illegal, France Sees Solidarity Risk

Spain's agriculture minister said a unilateral ban by any European Union member state on Ukrainian grain imports seemed illegal, while France said European...

Shipping Group Maersk Sets Up Green Methanol Company

Maersk has teamed up with its majority owner to form a new company to produce 'green methanol', the shipping company said, as it held a naming ceremony for...

EU Proposal On Payment Terms Will Impact SME Retailers, Independent Retail Europe Says

Independent Retail Europe, the association representing groups of independent retailers across the European Union, has warned that the European Commission&...