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French farmers block the N118 road with their tractors, to protest against the prospect of a trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Latin American countries united within Mercosur, in Velizy-Villacoublay, near Paris, France, November 18, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

French farmers back on the streets as Mercosur talks fuel discontent

Nov. 18, 2024 at 10:14 am CST

Farmers will protest across France on Monday as the prospect of a trade deal between European and Mercosur countries sharpens discontent over foreign competition that fuelled a farming crisis earlier this year.

Bird flu spreading fast among EU poultry

Oct. 31, 2024 at 9:17 am CDT

By Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

China targets European firms in anti-subsidy probe into EU dairy

Oct. 15, 2024 at 10:33 am CDT

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

EU deforestation law delay brings losses to most vigilant companies

Oct. 8, 2024 at 11:22 am CDT

By Julia Payne Maytaal Angel Reuters

EU proposes to delay landmark anti-deforestation law by 12 months

Oct. 2, 2024 at 11:54 am CDT

By Reuters

EU cuts wheat crop estimate to 12-year low

Sep. 27, 2024 at 1:34 pm CDT

European wheat production forecast at 12-year low. Corn, barley, oilseeds also down on year.

By Gus Trompiz Reuters

EU clears Bunge and Viterra’s $34 billion merger deal

Aug. 1, 2024 at 4:54 pm CDT

The European Commission said on Thursday that it had cleared the $34 billion merger deal between Bunge and the Glencore-backed company Viterra.

By Reuters

EU governments fail to agree on gene-editing rules despite patent exception

Jun. 26, 2024 at 4:58 pm CDT

A last-ditch attempt by EU governments to break a deadlock over relaxing regulations on gene-edited crops failed after countries including Poland rejected changes to the text that exempted patented seeds from the measure.

By Reuters

China may take provisional anti-dumping steps against EU pork imports

Jun. 20, 2024 at 10:17 am CDT

China has opened an investigation into EU pork and its by-products, a step that appears mainly aimed at Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark, after the bloc imposed anti-subsidy duties on Chinese-made electric vehicles.

By Joe Cash Mei Mei Chu Reuters

EU pork industry faces ‘nightmare’ if China restricts imports

Jun. 14, 2024 at 1:56 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters – Europe’s pork industry faces a “nightmare scenario” of lower prices and falling profitability if China restricts imports from the region, industry executives and analysts said on Friday. Chinese firms have asked for an anti-dumping probe into pork imports from the European Union, state-backed Chinese media reported on Friday, […]

By Michael Hogan

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