Brazil threatens Europe with WTO appeal
Brazil asked the EU to suspend EU regulations that will come into force at the end of December to prevent so-called imported deforestation and which restrict purchases of products that could cause forest devastation in the selling countries.
The request is contained in a letter that the Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, delivered to the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Januz Wojciechowski, during a bilateral meeting within the framework of the meeting of the G20 Agriculture Ministers held in a hotel near the Brazilian city of Cuiabá.
In the letter, also signed by the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, Brazil asks the EU to "suspend its Anti-Deforestation Law and review the punitive approach to producers", the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement. The letter was simultaneously delivered in Brussels to the competent community authorities.
"To avoid any impact on our trade relations, we request that the EU does not implement the regulation from the end of 2024 and that it urgently reviews its approach to the matter", the referring ministers state.
According to the Brazilian government, the complexity of the requirements makes Brazilian exports unviable, especially those of small and medium-sized producers.
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