According to a draft of the European Commission’s report on ‘mirror clauses’, to be adopted in June, there is “policy space” to apply reciprocity of EU environmental and health standards to imported agricultural products, in compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
In this version of the report, obtained by EUROPE, the European Commission issues a number of warnings, such as on the EU’s ability to control the measures it imposes or the risks of retaliation from third...