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US Paper Industry Asks Trump To Seek Lighter EU Deforestation Rules

The US paper and pulp industry is lobbying president Donald Trump's administration to ask the EU to declare the United States deforestation-free, a step th...

EU Delays Deforestation Ban But Discards Changes

Negotiators for EU institutions agreed a compromise on a ban on the import of commodities linked to deforestation, which will be delayed by a year but with...

EU Lawmakers In Talks To Further Weaken Deforestation Law, Document Shows

Centre-right lawmakers in the European Parliament have made proposals to further weaken the European Union's beleaguered law to ban commodity imports linke...

France's Danone Cuts Out Brazilian Soy Ahead Of Tough New EU Rules

Danone has stopped sourcing soy from Brazil and now buys from countries in Asia, its finance chief told Reuters, ahead of a European Union rule requiring c...

Indonesia Concerned Over EU Deforestation Law Rules, Not Implementation Timeframe

Indonesia has said that a proposed European Commission delay in the rollout of its anti-deforestation law was a good step but a more pressing issue was imp...

Cocoa Traceability Rates Fail To Improve As EU Deforestation Law Looms

The volume of cocoa in Ivory Coast and Ghana that can be fully traced did not increase last year, a major UN-backed report has found.

Brazil Asks EU To Hold Off On Implementing Deforestation Law

Brazil has asked the European Union not to implement regulations in its deforestation law at the end of the year as scheduled and asked for it to be revise...

EU-Mercosur To Meet In September Signaling Movement In Trade Talks

EU and South American negotiators will meet on 4-6 September in Brasilia, raising hopes an EU-Mercosur trade deal can be concluded this year, diplomats sai...