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The WTO suffered two successive blows: the Appellate Body is paralyzed and the US-China trade deal is a major departure from trade multilateral rules. The impact might not be immediately felt, but it is potentially huge. The Appellate Body is...

In a nutshell: -Views over the progress report on the Post-2020 CAP reform package —>  At the opening of this last round of Council meetings under the Finnish Presidency, the Finnish Minister specified that this progress report on the reform was...

In November 2019, the European Council took a formal decision inviting the Commission “to submit, by 30 April 2021 at the latest, a study in the light of the judgment of the Court of Justice concerning the status of new...

The last few weeks have been marked by American sanctions that have particularly affected European wine trade. After an initial wave of surcharges, the US Bureau of Commerce announced its intention to tax European sparkling wine.World wine production, according to...

We have written before on the issue, underlining the difference of treatment between farmers in the US and the EU. In the US farmers were twice compensated for the losses that accrue from the trade war with China. In the...

PRESS RELEASE GLOBAL FOOD FORUM DEFINES ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR A TRULY EFFICIENT CAP REFORM WITHIN THE GREEN DEAL “Shaping EU agriculture, rural areas and wealth for the next decades” Brussels, 10 December 2019 – The 4th edition of...

PRESS RELEASETHE 4TH EDITION OF THE GLOBAL FOOD FORUM ABOUT TO KICK OFF « Time to declare an economic, social and environmental emergency for EU agriculture » Brussels, 2 December 2019 – The fourth edition of the Global Food Forum...

Posted on 25/11/201925/11/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Whether only three of them meeting in an informal way or all gathered in the Council of the EU, the majority of the agriculture ministers of the Member States continue to plead...

In a nutshell: -CAP Reform Package  —>  The Presidency recalled that delegations to the Council in July were mostly in favor of an increased environmental and climate ambition, accompanied by sufficient funding, a reduced administrative burden for all and a sufficiently...

Posted on 18/11/201918/11/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe  October was marked as follows: On the EU Council side, Ministers reiterated that none of the reform dossiers could be considered “closed” to date. On Parliament’s side, the Conference of Presidents has...

1) This month started with the WTO announcement on 2 October over the U.S-EU Airbus subsidies case. The U.S. has been given the right to request a total amount of $7.5 billion (annually) equal to 6.9 billion euro incountermeasures with...

Last week the European Commission published its first proposal for the CAP transitional provisions

A department reporting to the French Prime minister tabled last week a report proposing to consider a switch from 1st pillar aids per ha to a payment per AWU (and eventually the remaining part of the 1st pillar budget per ha). It...

“Consumers today want it all: healthy, tasty, convenient, sustainable and affordable food. Sustainability and traceability are key requirements but very few shoppers are ready to pay a premium for these new benefits. People switch brands and products for sustainability and...

In a nutshell: —> The Finnish Presidency‘s intention is to pursue the technical discussion & the two forthcoming ‘Agriculture and Fisheries Council’ meetings in November and December to discuss the higher environmental ambition of the CAP and the New Delivery Model. Furthermore, the Presidency...

THE HEAVILY IMPACTED AGRICULTURE SECTOR SHOULD GET MUCH NEEDED HELP The US retaliation list has been published, and as unfortunately I had anticipated it is loaded against EU agriculture exports to the US. Although the dispute is on aircraft subsidies,...

We are now barely 3 weeks before the (latest) deadline for Brexit, which should concentrate minds, in particular of those with political responsibilities, on how best to unlock a reasonable solution. The new element is the latest UK proposal, which...

Posted on 03/10/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe This month some interesting news that worth more than a look come from both EU & U.S. recent research results and polls. Researchers from Cambridge University highlighted the capacity of transposons, better...

Posted on 03/10/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe First of all a quick look at the 2019 harvest forecasts for main EU wine producers: extreme weather conditions of last summer had a huge impact, notably for Italy, where a decline...

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The “hot autumn” for trade that we predicted in a previous post gets dangerously close, as it would seem the US got the WTO final green light to apply sanctions to EU exports, on the Airbus subsidies case. The EU...

The EU is well aware of the situation and is committed to act against it. Just recently the European Commission has published its Communication “on stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests”, in which it calls...

Posted on 06/09/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Here below a quick “catch-up exercise” with latest news and market insights from the wine sector. First of all, on 1 July 2019 the full text of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement (reached on...

Posted on 27/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe New Breeding Techniques *Monthly News* Time Period: June 2019   An informal meeting of EU Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries was held at the beginning of this month in Romania. Among the main...

Posted on 27/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Negotiations on CAP reform *Monthly News* Time period: June 2019  June was marked as follows: At the informal summit in Sibiu on 3 and 4 June, the Romanian Presidency of the Council...

Posted on 27/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Negotiations for the EU Budget *Monthly News* Time period: June 2019     The last “balance sheet” of the discussions for the future Multiannual Financial Framework was presented to the European Affairs...

Posted on 26/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Wine sector: Policy & Regulatory framework *Monthly News* Time Period: May 2019 This month, the main highlights for the wine sector at EU and global level range from further reflections and thoughts on...

Posted on 26/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe New Breeding Techniques *Monthly News* Time Period: May 2019   The ECJ ruling on NBTs of last July continues to provide ground for debates at EU level (and not only). At the end of...

Posted on 26/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Negotiations on CAP reform *Monthly News* Time period: May 2019  May was marked as follows: – EU Agriculture Ministers spoke during last Agri-Fish Council meeting on the proposed CAP performance framework, with...

Posted on 26/08/201926/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Negotiations for the EU Budget *Monthly News* Time period: May 2019     The work of the CAP reform is progressing as best they could, but the timetable has not changed and the...

Posted on 21/08/201921/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Risk and crisis management tools in Agriculture *Monthly News* Time period: March-April 2019     The Member of the Agricultural Committee voted on April 8ththe Horizontal Regulation which is the cornerstone of the reform package of the Common Agricultural...

Farm Europe is a think tank that aims to stimulate thinking on rural economies in the European Union. The think tank focuses on all policy areas that impact on rural business with a strong emphasis on agriculture and food policies,...

Negotiations on CAP reform Monthly News March-April 2019 European Parliament: Comagri operates a major community reframing of the reform project   March was marked by the elaboration of the drafting of the compromise amendments by ComAgri MEPs on the three...

Posted on 20/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe Wine sector: Policy & Regulatory framework *Monthly News* Time Period: April 2019 This month started withthe awaited votes of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee (ComAgri) on negotiation positions on the CAP post-2020 reform...

Posted on 20/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe New Breeding Techniques *Monthly News* Time Period: March – April 2019   Persistent concerns but mainly doubts over what the ECJ ruling on NBTs actually means in concrete terms for Member States, are...

FICHE  Improve the link between Science, innovation, agriculture and food Today, the agri-food sectors are more than ever confronted with 3 major demands from our society: To provide safe and quality foodnot only to European citizens but as well to...

FICHE FOOD CHAIN, NUTRITION AND WELLBEING. The European food chain is facing a big challenge, which is to find a harmonious and positive relationship between diet and health. This is mainly due to the fact that, the EU agro food...

Posted on 14/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe FICHE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE   The EU has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030. Agriculture and agro-forestry have an important role to play to sequester and store...

Posted on 13/08/2019 - Posted by Farm Europe FICHE AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES   Farmers’ incomes, productivity and investment The agriculture sector is facing severe headwinds. Farmers’ incomes have stagnated, and according to the European Commission forecasts they are bound to...

Communication from the European Commission Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. 2019, July 24th After last December’s announcement of the EU’s initiative to “step up European Action against Deforestation and Forest Degradation”, the European Commission has published...