EU plans Trump-style import curbs on food, FT reports

EU mulls US produce ban to protect farmers

The European Union is exploring the possibility of banning products, such as some soybean, which has been made using pesticides illegal in the EU.

U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized Sunday's alleged pressure from the European Union to block imports of American soybeans and other foods manufactured with different standards, and warned that such a measure would only harm Europe itself. Trump, in statements to the press after a flash trip to Daytona Beach to attend the Daytona 500 car race, said the U.S. kept its plans to start applying reciprocal tariffs. "That's fine; I don't care. Let …

Trump shrugs off EU's reported plans for Trump-style import curbs on food

Early targets could include US crops such as soybeans grown using pesticides that EU farmers cannot use.

“Whatever they apply, we apply it too. Very simple” (ANSA)

According to the Financial Times, the European Commission is to consider next week a series of measures that could limit access to the European market for products grown with pesticides banned in the EU bloc. Among the first targets could be soybeans from the US, which is treated with substances banned in the EU.” We have very clear signals from the European Parliament and from our farmers: anything that is banned in the EU should also be banned…

EU Plans Stricter Food Import Restrictions Over Pesticide Use

The European Union is planning to pursue new restrictions on imported food products treated by toxic pesticides banned in the bloc to address farmers’ complaints about the stricter standards they face in an increasingly competitive global market.