The EU institutions failed to reach a compromise on Wednesday 12 December in Strasbourg on the proposal for a directive to avoid unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain, despite the progress already made on some elements of the text (see EUROPE 12152).
The rapporteur, Paolo De Castro (S&D, Italy), said he was "confident" that a satisfactory agreement strengthening the position of farmers would be reached in January 2019, under the Romanian Presidency of the...