April 21, 2025
EU eyes stricter rules for food imports in the review of agricultural policy

EU eyes stricter rules for food imports in the review of agricultural policy

Months of protests last year, farmers, had regulatory stress, the income and what they were considered as unfair competition by less regulated overseas rivals (John Thys).
Months of protests last year, farmers, had regulatory stress, the income and what they were considered as unfair competition by less regulated overseas rivals (John Thys).

The EU is planning, as part of a review of the agricultural guidelines published on Wednesday, which will be published on Wednesday, the angry farmers in the middle of global trade voltages should not be appeased.

The European Commission presented a new blueprint for a sector that, despite the disappearance of a third block budget, has long been annoyed by Brussels’s liberal trade approach.

For months in the past year, farmers let the farmers look at regulatory stress, the income and what they view, eggs, sprays and blocks of the streets of the Belgian capital as an unfair competition of less regulated rivals.

The “vision for agriculture and food” is “a strong answer to this call for help”, said the Vice President of the Commission for Reforms Raffaele Fitto of a press conference that referred to the protests.

In order to ensure that the agricultural sector is not “a competitive disadvantage”, the Commission “will pursue a stronger orientation of the production standards for imported products,” the text says.

In particular, Brussels will ensure that “the most dangerous pesticides in the EU for health and ecological reasons” are not reclaimed by imported products “.

– ‘unfair competition’ –

Europe already prohibits food imports that exceed the residues for some pesticides. EU farmers cannot use concerns about food safety.

The new approach is intended to extend the restrictions of the production standards, the EU officers explained.

“Our farmers suffer harvest losses because they no longer use these pesticides”, but the competitors in other countries do not, said Christophe Hansen, the block representative for agriculture in an interview and describes the result of this as “unfair competition”.

The roadmap, which follows the consultations with agricultural lobby groups and the environment, does not indicate which products or countries could be affected.

A consequences will inform possible “changes to the applicable legal framework”, it is said.

A “dedicated task force” is also determined to strengthen the import controls of food safety.

The prospect of import restrictions could ruffle abroad against the background of an impending trade conflict.

“Obviously we can say that it is a trading barrier. This is how a few third countries will interpret it,” said Hansen.

The Financial Times reported that US harvest like soybeans could be targeted this week after President Donald Trump presented tasks that could hit European exports.

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