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The European Union wants to block the imports of certain foods that have been made at various criteria to protect farmers in the “mutual” trade principles of US President Donald Trump.
The European Commission will agree to explore the greater import limit next week, according to three officials, a step that will increase tension with trade partners. Initial goals may include US crops such as soyabians that are born using pesticides and are not allowed to use EU farmers.
Health Commissioner Olivi “We have a very clear signal from Parliament, Member States and our farmers have a very clear signal from the farmers: which is banned in the EU, it should be banned in the EU, even though it is an imported product,” Health Commissioner Olivi “Bharalyi last month Said in an interview.
Trump attacked the countries on Thursday Blocked US goodsIncluding the EU, which he said that shellfish was banned from 48 in 50 states in the United States. He threatened the tariff on those who do not change their policy.
The Commission has long been opposed to calls for mutual treatment of France and other member states, by arguing that it may be WTO Rules ViolationThe The body allows restrictions on a scientific basis that does not treat the import discriminatory.
The EU has banned many pesticides because they damage plants or animals – even its health agency has ruled that someone is safe to eat at low levels.
The EU plan is included in an outlook for the Agricultural Road map painted by Agriculture Commissioner Christopher Hansen. An official of the knowledge of the document plans has said that it mentions the need to comply with international rules.
“We are only talking about the most dangerous pesticides and the effects to protect the competition before a decision,” an official said, “We need coffee and mango and avocado,” an official said.
Verheli said that pesticides should not be allowed to enter the block of imported foods using carcinogen, mutizen or endocrine disruptions.
“If science says it is not safe, we should not be it.”
“If we want to be scientifically, science is universal. So we have to make sure what is imported. “
One such substance is Paracat, a banned from the EU, but is used in crops with soyabian in the United States.
Pesticide Action Network found a promotion group called Europe, fungicide propiconazole and likes pesticides like it Pesticide According to a report published earlier this month in many imports.
“These substances often appear in the ‘pesticide cocktail’ mixture and in some cases their layers exceed the limits of legal residues established for separate pesticides,” the group said. “The limit of higher allowed remains is often maintained to stay in international trade partners, the health of European citizens has been in danger.”
Tea and coffee were the most common products with restrictions residues, with 38 percent and 23 percent coffee of tea samples. About a quarter of samples from India and 1 per percent from China, both were banned by large tea farmers, pesticides.
The Commission will also include higher animal welfare standards in the future trade agreement. The EU has rules for chickens and calves for calves, housing cleanliness and other factors to increase costs for farmers.
An official said that the National Parliament would increase public support for the trade agreement after the National Parliament refused to approve some recent agreements due to their perceived influence on the environment and the environment.
