Agriculture and Food

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UK leaves local leaders on £8M hook for unused Brexit checks warehouse

July 6, 2022 5:30 am

Portsmouth City Council, which operates the Portsmouth International Port, is still footing the bill despite delayed customs checks.

Black Sea grain deal is close, says Erdoğan

July 5, 2022 9:40 pm

Russia and Ukraine may be just a week away from a deal to reopen key sea lanes for grain shipments, according to Turkish leader.

Germany’s drought hotspot scrambles to adapt

July 5, 2022 12:32 pm

The country’s former East is drying out as climate change takes hold.

Ukraine says Turkey has detained Russian grain ship: Report

July 3, 2022 6:19 pm

Kyiv’s ambassador to Turkey says investigators will decide the ship’s fate on Monday, Reuters reports.

Russia’s Ship of Lies: How a cargo of ‘stolen’ grain could sink Black Sea truce

July 1, 2022 7:51 pm

Many analysts believe the cargo on the ship Zhibek Zholy to have been stolen from Ukrainian stores.

EU and New Zealand seal trade deal with tougher new green rules

June 30, 2022 4:15 pm

Goods trade with the Kiwis is tiny but the deal will help fire up the EU’s free-trade agenda.

Industry warns against EU’s traceability plans to prevent deforestation

June 30, 2022 2:09 pm

New rules would be difficult to implement and require huge investment, industry groups say.

Salmonella outbreak shuts down world’s largest chocolate factory

June 30, 2022 11:21 am

Swiss company Barry Callebaut is a major supplier to foodmakers and chocolatiers.

Turkey holds key to unblocking Black Sea grain deal, Ukraine says

June 29, 2022 10:36 pm

Kyiv government official says a proposal under discussion would mean no need to de-mine waters to get grain moving.

With Turkey’s economy in crisis, Erdoğan picks fights abroad

June 29, 2022 7:44 pm

Facing a showdown with worried voters back home, Ankara’s long-time leader is wading into conflicts overseas.

EU ministers approve landmark climate measures, but tough talks await

June 29, 2022 4:34 am

Compromise puts the bloc a step closer to implementing sweeping rules to slash emissions.

View from the summit: A self-defeating G7 fails on all fronts

June 28, 2022 8:42 pm

Leaders struggle to meet the moment on Ukraine, climate change, inflation, food and energy.

UK bill to switch off Northern Ireland Brexit rules clears first hurdle

June 28, 2022 12:27 am

Former PM Theresa May among Conservatives taking aim at the UK plan.

Tory Brexiteers will back Northern Ireland protocol bill

June 25, 2022 6:00 am

British MPs will on Monday vote on the U.K. government’s plan to override trade rules in Northern Ireland.

The Czechs Europe needs to know

June 23, 2022 6:00 am

As the Central European country takes over the EU presidency, here’s who could be influential.

A wonk’s guide to the Czech EU presidency policy agenda

June 23, 2022 6:00 am

With Europe beset by multiple crises, Prague will focus on energy security, trade deals and climate change.

Macron’s misfortune spells trouble ahead for EU trade

June 22, 2022 6:27 pm

Trade skeptics on the left and right now hold the balance of power in Paris.

EU moves toward Russian lobbyist ban

June 21, 2022 6:41 pm

Russian representatives will be suspended from the transparency register, as Council of EU takes action.

African Union chief urges EU to ease food payments to Russia

June 19, 2022 1:32 pm

‘We ask the Europeans for the same mechanism as for gas and oil,’ Macky Sall tells Le Journal du Dimanche.

Race against time to unlock Ukraine’s trapped grain

June 18, 2022 10:50 am

Western governments are scrambling to bolster a patchwork of land routes to export the grain before the summer harvest.

Ferrero chocolate factory allowed to reopen in Belgium after salmonella cases

June 17, 2022 12:28 pm

The authorization, granted under conditions, is for an initial three months.

WTO breaks negotiating slump with package of deals

June 17, 2022 8:18 am

The deals breathe new life into the moribund organization, which previously had produced only one new multilateral agreement between all 164 members in its 27-year existence.

McDonald’s to pay more than €1B to settle French tax case

June 16, 2022 1:50 pm

Fast-food giant’s agreement covers unpaid taxes between 2009 and 2020.

Poland says Biden’s plan to export Ukrainian grain ‘interesting’ but will take months

June 15, 2022 7:23 pm

US president proposed building temporary silos on the Polish-Ukrainian border to move crucial goods stuck amid Russia’s invasion.

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