EU pressures Brazil to fight deforestation but refuses to boycott imports – The Economic Journal
The European Union (EU) will continue to demand that Brazil meet its commitments to combat deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, but refuses to ban beef imports in retaliation, the Trade Commissioner said today.Portugal's News, 24 September 2019
Brazil, Europe, Beef, forest fire What The European Parliament Must Do To Halt The Destruction Of The Amazon – OpEd
And now more than ever, the world looks to the EU to take global leadership, as its citizens are faced with a climate-change denying President in the US; a Brazilian President letting the Amazon slip away through his powerful fingers; and political paralysis in the UK.Eurasia Review, 22 September 2019
Europe, , forest fire Is the EU's import of Brazilian beef and soy contaminated with illegal deforestation?
A new study by Britaldo Silveira Soares Filho reveals the interlinkages between illegal deforestation, meat production and forest fires for land clearing after 2008.Center for Development Research University of Bonn, 15 September 2019
Brazil, Europe, Beef, deforestation, forest fire Europe can help save the Amazon by changing itself
Europe did not light the fires ravaging the Amazon, but it did provide some of the matches.Ecologist, 10 September 2019
Brazil, Europe, Beef, Soy, forest fire, amazon fire Palm oil battle could drag for 5 years
MALAYSIA could bring up the European Union’s (EU) mistreatment against palm oil to the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), but an industry expert warned that the dispute could drag up to five years, costing millions of ringgit in legal expenses.Malaysian Reserve, 29 July 2019
Malaysia, Europe, Palm Oil, palm oil ban Indonesia in fight with EU over biofuel, again
Indonesia is facing a fresh round of accusations over its management of its palm oil industry from one of its biggest importers, the European Union, adding to the prolonged feud between the two trading partners over the commodity.The Jakarta Post, 29 July 2019
Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, EU ban, palm oil ban Ministry: EU Import Tariffs on Palm Oil is a Protectionist Policy
The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) suspects the European Union (EU) of commencing a massive and structured strategy to isolate biodiesel products exported to EU countries.Tempo, 27 July 2019
Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, EU ban, palm oil ban M’sia: No plans to stop export to EU
MALAYSIA has no plans to suspend palm oil shipment to the European Union (EU) as a retaliatory measure against the bloc’s decision to phase out its consumption of the commodity.Malaysian Reserve, 26 July 2019
Malaysia, Europe, Palm Oil, palm oil ban, EU ban As Putrajaya fights deforestation claims, new study suggests laws aid corporate oil palm expansion
A study by Sahabat Alam Malaysia claimed federal and state policies, statutory laws and several landmark judicial decisions have all worked in favour of powerful oil palm plantations, often at the expense of indigenous communities.Today Online, 26 July 2019
Malaysia, Europe, Palm Oil, palm oil plantation, indigenous people The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) suspects the European Union (EU) of commencing a massive and structured strategy to isolate biodiesel products exported to EU countries.
The European Union’s proposal to impose anti-subsidy duties on Indonesian biodiesel is part of a “grand design” to block palm oil, a senior official at Indonesia’s Trade Ministry said on Friday.The Sun Daily, 26 July 2019
Indonesia, Europe, Malaysia, Palm Oil, EU ban, palm oil ban Indonesia says EU anti-subsidy duty part of plan to block palm oil
The European Union’s proposal to impose anti-subsidy duties on Indonesian biodiesel is part of a “grand design” to block palm oil, a senior official at Indonesia’s Trade Ministry said on Friday.Reuters, 26 July 2019
Europe, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palm Oil, palm oil ban, EU ban ‘Trade deal binds Bolsonaro to Paris pact’
The top EU trade official defended the blockbuster deal between the bloc and major South American partners on Wednesday, insisting it binds Brazil to the Paris Agreement on climate change.Daily Express, 18 July 2019
Brazil, Europe, Timber, Soy, Beef, deforestation, brazilian amazon, mercosur trade Accelerating deforestation in Brazil endangers EU trade deal
Threats to Amazon rainforest jeopardise European economic accord with Mercosur, which includes ecological commitments.Al Jazeera, 18 July 2019
Brazil, Europe, Palm Oil, Timber, Beef, Soy, deforestation, Amazon Indonesia could halt palm oil shipments to Europe
Last week, President Joko Widodo told Bloomberg he would fight any EU discrimination against palm oil as there are 16 million farmers and workers in the sector, calling it a strategic commodity for Indonesia.Straits Times, 18 July 2019
Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, palm oil ban International - Malaysia, Indonesia to fight planned EU palm oil phase-out at WTO
The Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) said Indonesia and Malaysia will cooperate when filing complaints at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the planned phased out of the commodity under the European Union's Renewable Energy.Agra-Net, 17 July 2019
Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, palm oil ban, EU ban Malaysia, Indonesia to challenge EU’s biofuel regulation at WTO
Both Malaysia and Indonesia are committed to challenge the European Union (EU) Delegated Act that curbs palm oil use in biofuels through the World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement Body as well as other possible avenues. They are also currently reviewing their relationship with the EU and its member states, the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) said in a statement today following the 7th Ministerial Meeting of the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) held here.Nam News Network, 16 July 2019
Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, palm oil ban EU farm chief struggles to dispel concerns over Mercosur trade deal
The EU’s Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, sought to address national concerns over the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal during a meeting with the bloc’s 28 farm ministers on Monday (15 July).Euractiv.com, 16 July 2019
Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela, Uruguay, Beef, beef trade, deforestation, Amazon Palm oil: Malaysia announces a complaint against the EU
Malaysia will lodge a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the European Union plan to remove palm oil from European biofuels by 2030, the Malaysian minister in charge of the dossier said Tuesday.Teller Report, 16 July 2019
Malaysia, Europe, Palm Oil, palm oil ban, EU ban Indonesia joins Malaysia in fight against EU palm oil restrictions
INDONESIA has joined Malaysia in its challenge of the European Union (EU) Delegated Act, which curbs palm oil use in biofuels, through the World Trade Organisation’s Dispute Settlement Body, as well as other possible avenues.The Malaysian Insight , 16 July 2019
Indonesia, Malaysia, Europe, Palm Oil, palm oil ban Malaysia, Indonesia to challenge EU’s biofuel regulation at WTO
Both Malaysia and Indonesia are committed to challenge the European Union (EU) Delegated Act that curbs palm oil use in biofuels through the World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement Body as well as other possible avenues. They are also currently reviewing their relationship with the EU and its member states, the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) said in a statement today following the 7th Ministerial Meeting of the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) held here.Nam News Network, 16 July 2019
Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe, Palm Oil, palm oil ban What's the beef with the EU-Mercosur trade deal?
Jean-Claude Juncker, the outgoing European Commission president, received a letter on June 17 from the government leaders of four EU member states, including taoiseach Leo Varadkar and French president Emmanuel Macron. The quartet had “deep concerns” over the implications for agriculture emerging in trade talks with the Mercosur bloc in South America and how it “could threaten this fragile sector in our countries”.The Times, 07 July 2019
Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay, Beef, Mercosur, beef trade ‘Beef sector is being sacrificed by the EU’
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Robin Swann MLA has accused the EU Commission of sacrificing its own beef sector and turning a blind eye to double standards after it agreed a trade deal with the South American trade bloc Mercosur.Farming Life, 06 July 2019
Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay, Beef, EU trade deal, mercosur deal Climate Weekly: No time for consensus
One area where climate often feels like an afterthought is in trade deals. Brazil has promised to honour the Paris Agreement in the provisionally inked Mercosur-EU pact, yet the Bolsonaro administration pursues policies that enable the destruction of Amazon rainforest.Climate Change News, 05 July 2019
Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Beef, EU, mercosur Climate Weekly: No time for consensus
One area where climate often feels like an afterthought is in trade deals. Brazil has promised to honour the Paris Agreement in the provisionally inked Mercosur-EU pact, yet the Bolsonaro administration pursues policies that enable the destruction of Amazon rainforest.Climate Change News, 05 July 2019
Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Beef, EU trade deal, mercosur deal Flawed commentary on sustainability derailing debate on Mercosur trade deal
Ireland will have to make a decision and should do so on the facts and not on the basis of the false claims that are being made.Irish Times, 05 July 2019
Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay, Beef, beef trade, deforestation, amazon