9 August 20228 August 2022Why the war in Ukraine warrants a rethink of the EU carbon border taxThe EU is inching closer to implementing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), but the proposal is complex and too ambitious
10 January 20226 January 2022New ‘own resources’ for EU budget will come from carbon market, executive saysEU countries need to agree to the new own resources or face paying back the COVID recovery fund themselves, said Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Budget and Administration
19 January 202115 January 2021Malaysia to file WTO lawsuit against EU on Jan 15, says ministerMohd Khairuddin says we will continue to fight against any discriminatory actions which pose a threat to the country’s economy and rakyat’s livelihood
1 October 20209 September 2021Business Trends: The impact of a carbon tax on the European chemical industryOver the past several years, greenhouses gas (GHG) emissions have become a pressing global issue
2 March 20201 March 2020Indonesia prepares for battle in SwitzerlandThe political message seems to be that if the EU adopts aggressive trade restricting measures, then Indonesia is willing to do so as well
5 August 201931 July 2019France bans palm oil from biofuelsUFOP: German government should also rule out palm oil now
Frankreich verbannt Palmöl aus BiokraftstoffenUnion zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP) fordert die Bundesregierung auf nach französischem Vorbild Palmöl baldmöglichst auszuschließen
6 March 20181 March 2018Biotech is key to Achieving International Trilateral Group’s GoalsThis week in Geneva three key UN agencies are meeting to address and advance their shared mission of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals
18 January 201823 March 2018Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand looking to WTO if EU doesn’t shift on palm oilMalaysia, Indonesia and Thailand will retaliate if the EU’s ongoing discrimination and attack on the palm oil industry becomes legislativ
26 August 201425 August 2014ASA urges action on pending biotech approvals for nine soybean products in letters to USTR, EU CommissionGroups complained that no authorizations have been issued since November 2013
23 June 201422 June 2014US wants ‘science’ to settle GMO debate in trade deal with EUEU retailers hardly stock any GM food because of widespread consumer resistance
14 May 201413 May 2014France concerned about liberalisation of EU sugar marketThe deregulation of the European sugar market is looming. A French parliamentary report has requested support to French overseas departments where the sugar sector is fragile
7 March 20146 March 2014Majority of EU countries in favour of GMO compromiseSeveral ministers expressed concerns to re-nationalise GMO decisions in running up against the World Trade Organization (WTO)
4 December 2009Europäische Biokraftstoffpolitik bietet günstigen Klimaschutz und ist WTO-konformVDB: Es geht nicht um Protektionismus, sondern um Natur- und Klimaschutz
Neue ECIPE-Studie zur europäischen Biokraftstoffpolitik"Teuer, protektionistisch und gegen die Regeln der WTO"
13 August 2009EU Commission Reflects on Sustainability Beyond BiofuelsConsultations adress indirect land-use change as a general issue of agricultural products
23 June 2008IOPD verabschiedet Erklärung zur Nachhaltigkeit von Biomasse und ÖlsaatenInternational Oilseed Producers Dialogue am 16. und 17. Juni 2008 in Berlin