Supply Chain - EU

EuroCommerce Calls For Stakeholders To 'Put Aside Divisive Polemics'

Business lobby group EuroCommerce has called for 'positive and productive dialogue' on retail and its relationships with farmers in response...

UK Farmers Say Food Will Rot In Fields Without EU Labour

The UK agriculture industry will come to a standstill if the government doesn’t reach a deal that guarantees access to European labour, according to...

EU-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Wins Parliamentary Green Light

The European Parliament has approved a landmark free-trade agreement with Canada, shoring up Europe’s market-opening clout in the face of a populist...

Sweet Times Ahead For France’s Sugar Industry As Quotas Expire

In Gamaches-en-Vexin, Normandy, the heart of France’s sugar-beet country, farmers like Alexandre Quillet are busier than usual for this time of year....

EU Legislation Will 'Distort' Supply Chain: EuroCommerce

EuroCommerce members have released a statement emphasising that EU-level legislation regarding trading practices, currently being discussed in the Eur...

EU Fatigue Over Russia Sanctions Shows As Putin Reset Looms

European Union differences over Russia were exposed as leaders arrived for their last summit of the year, underlining the 28-nation bloc’s fatigue wi...

Brexit Threatens To Ignite European Skirmishes Over EU Budget

The European Union may get a preview of the impact Brexit will have on its bottom line when EU governments tackle the bloc’s budget this week. And it...

EU Sees Trump Freezing Talks on TTIP

European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said EU-U.S. negotiations on a free-trade agreement would probably be put on hold indefinitely because...