US urges EU to delay anti-deforestation law
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) June 20, 2024
The United States has called on the European Union to delay a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, saying it would harm American producers unable to comply, the European Commission said Thursday.
The EU law, set to take effect at the end of December, will bar a vast range of goods - from coffee to cocoa, soy, timber, palm oil, cattle, printing paper and rubber - if produced us
The United States has called on the European Union to delay a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, saying it would harm American producers unable to comply, the European Commission said Thursday.
The EU law, set to take effect at the end of December, will bar a vast range of goods - from coffee to cocoa, soy, timber, palm oil, cattle, printing paper and rubber - if produced us