On 14 April, the think tank Europe Jacques Delors published a policy paper on the possibility of establishing mirror clauses on European imports of agri-food products. France puts forward this idea on a regular basis (see EUROPE B12785A5). Such measures would require production standards equivalent to European standards to be applied on imported agri-food products.
According to the Europe Jacques Delors, such unilateral measures—which would apply to all trading partners—would be...