Agriculture and Food

Brussels threatens to use its trade bazooka after President Donald Trump says the European Union was created to “screw” America.

The strategy is a response to mounting competition from China and the U.S. and argues Europe can win on green technology.

“Come on, you cannot have a trade war with China and Europe at the same time,” Macron tells Fox News in an interview.

The 2040 target “will be presented soon,” said European Commission spokesperson.

There are insuperable market, phytosanitary and political obstacles — and it could get worse.

Formal proposal to amend overarching climate law will accompany Clean Industrial Deal.

With Ukraine’s privileged access to the EU market expiring soon, Kyiv pleads for clarity — while Brussels hesitates and Washington’s backing disintegrates.

Farmers should not be “an adjustment tool for purchasing power … nor an adjustment tool for trade agreements,” French president says.

The bloc’s scientific advisory board on climate change wants the EU to scale up carbon removals.

Ursula von der Leyen is leading her new College of Commissioners on their first visit to India.

The Court of Justice of the EU will now look at the case and rule in a few months.

The new rules mean clothing companies and manufacturers will have to pay a fee to cover the costs of collection and treatment of textile waste. 

EU tries to make farming sexy again — and keep farmers from revolting.

After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.

The president tasked top Cabinet officials to study the matter further before deciding on specifics.

Brussels wants to scrap a little-known farm subsidy safeguard amid a broader push to cut red tape — but one veteran official warns it’s a mistake.

Global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe.

The law should list certain chemicals as critical to Europe’s strategic autonomy, copying similar policies for minerals and medicines.

“Farmers” raked in millions of euros for land they didn’t own or work.

Repayment of the EU’s €300 billion joint borrowing hangs like a cloud over the European Commission’s budget brainstorm.

A truce on a 2018 trade dispute on steel and aluminum between Brussels and Washington is set to lapse at the end of March. 

Despite a U.S. waiver, food shipments are stalled, funding is uncertain and Europe may have to fill the gap.

“Let’s be pragmatic, we are a small country in a complicated world, we need trade partners,” foreign minister tells POLITICO. 

EU countries are using green farm subsidies to reward status quo practices instead of driving real environmental action, NGOs say.