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"With regard to proof of legality, Berlin wants to see the review limited to requirements relevant to the EUDR, as a "practical full review of foreign laws is neither practicable nor proportionate."

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"The near-absence of tropical volumes is consistent with the multi-year collapse in EU tropical timber procurement, driven by EUDR compliance pressure, and with the steep decline in imports from Central African producers across 2024 and into 2025."

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This is how far palm deforestation in Indonesia has fallen since around 2010. Incredible work from @Chandrakant___S and U Martin Persson @chalmersuniv

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University of Antioquia: EUDR will "exacerbate North–South inequalities that have historically characterized global coffee value chains, transforming a well-intentioned environmental regulation into a mechanism of economic ... and social exclusion."

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Are the EU's EUDR maps completely useless?

"[the Vietnamese] national forest map should be regarded as the primary and more accurate spatial reference data set for forest status assessment, while the [EU] map provides complementary information."

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"The extremely high costs of tracing and mapping farm locations threaten to marginalise smallholders. This financial burden risks driving them toward less regulated markets."

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"We want to reserve our rights at the WTO as the EU failed to meet its commitment within the deadline. So we are doing everything that we can, including suspending concessions."

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"It's particularly difficult for us because these [compliance] costs will be borne by our producers," said the official. U.S. farmers also don't want to share information on their farms with foreign governments."

Sound familiar?

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"A delegation of U.S. government representatives is finishing a tour of EU capitals ... to lobby governments to simplify the EUDR ahead of an upcoming review of the rules next month."

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Trump administration is seeking a special exemption from #EUDR requirements. Likely result? Chaos.

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The 🇪🇺 – 🇮🇩 CEPA is now fully published, including all tariff schedules.

It will unlock significant trade opportunities for businesses and consumers.

Check it here: https://t.co/UrEi1h3LQD

But remember that the texts may be subject to further modifications.

#EUTrade

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@RobFrancisEU Quick q: are any Mercosur states getting angry about what EU is doing with DS593? (Thinking AR in particular). And would that play into any thinking at all?

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Trying to work out if the EU totally played Mercosur and Indonesia on their FTAs, or if this was the price of buying off European farmers not to object to either trade agreement.

Either way, they've made the ratification process a lot bumpier.

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Surprise! EU is messing with Indonesia on palm oil again. This time: not complying with WTO rulings.

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And there you have it: Indonesian palm oil enters the US duty free. Agreement text at the link.

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"The United States has committed to providing tariff exemptions for a number of Indonesia's leading export products not produced in the US, including palm oil, cocoa, coffee, tea, and other strategic commodities."

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The most overlooked story in agriculture at the moment: The EU is considering an outright ban on Russian fertilisers.

If you followed this in 2022, you'll know how much havoc this caused for fertiliser and food prices.

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Air France CEO: "regulations requiring EU airlines to use increasing amounts of expensive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) would hobble EU airlines’ ability to compete on routes from Europe into Asia."

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For those following: This will mean zero tariffs on palm oil entering the US from Indonesia and Malaysia ...

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