According to the European Commission’s report on ‘mirror clauses’ published on Friday 3 June, there is “room for manoeuvre” to apply reciprocity measures to imported agricultural products in line with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, in terms of EU environmental and health standards.
The report (https://aeur.eu/f/1xr), a draft of which was obtained by EUROPE on 5 May (see EUROPE B12946A16), will be presented to EU Agriculture Ministers on 13 June by the Commissioner for...