At a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday 25 September, the European Union announced that, “it would not postpone the application of the EU’s controversial regulation on deforestation”, scheduled for 30 December 2024, according to a source in Geneva.
Protests from the main agricultural exporting countries, including Brazil, India, Indonesia and the United States, have had no impact. “Any postponement would require a...