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In December 2024, the European Commission and Latin American Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) announced a political agreement on a renegotiated version of the 2019 EU Mercosur Association Agreement.
In...
06/02/2025
On 17 December 2024, the outgoing Biden-Harris administration unveiled a comprehensive six-point policy framework aimed at reducing US imports of products linked to deforestation – a commendable attempt to set positive things in...
17/01/2025
We can all stop holding our breaths: tripartite negotiations among the EU Commission, Parliament and Council concluded, 3 December 2024, with an agreement both to delay application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and not...
12/12/2024
Sadly, a company that acts with nonchalance in the absence of authorisations is nothing unusual. What is more remarkable, is when learning that it will not be able to sell the proceeds of its activities on the EU market brings...
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Not so long ago, a commentator called the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) “a green jewel in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s crown that has garnered praise and inspired imitations beyond the EU”. But in the...
13/11/2024
After recently offering reassurances to the contrary, the EU Commission’s public statement, 2 October 2024, that it intended to delay the full application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was a shock. The relentless...
16/10/2024
On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) not only proposed a delay of 12 months for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), it also published its long-awaited Strategic Framework for International Cooperation Engagement on...
Agricultural expansion drives almost 90% of global deforestation.
The EU’s attempt to tackle it through the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) could now be delayed by 12 months because of opposition from various quarters –...
14/10/2024
The acute problems blighting the cocoa trade in Côte d’Ivoire are at risk of spreading like a contagion into Central Africa. But the EUDR can help smallholder growers understand the broader context in which they operate and better...
18/09/2024
The backlash against the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) is continuing into autumn. Several vocal EU Member States, highly forested countries, and the director of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have insisted that the...