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UK scraps Brexit’s ‘Not for EU’ food labels — for now

The eleventh-hour policy reversal follows a huge backlash from businesses.

September 30, 2024 1:38 pm CET

China and EU seek to avoid trade war with talks on minimum EV prices

Negotiations on electric-vehicle duties run into overtime after failing to reach a resolution last week.

September 25, 2024 10:04 am CET

The plan to save European farming

Five things you need to know about a report on the future of farming presented to Commission chief von der Leyen.

September 4, 2024 5:23 pm CET

China hits back at electric vehicle tariffs with probe into EU dairy

Beijing claims Europe is creaming off fat profits from oversubsidized cheese.

August 21, 2024 1:32 pm CET

The final piece of the Senate puzzle, another ‘Squad’ primary and more races to watch on Tuesday

Primaries are taking place in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.

August 13, 2024 5:37 pm CET

The EU says it wants food security. It really wants exports.

The latest Brussels buzzword is all about supporting farmers — but it throws consumers under the tractor.

July 26, 2024 6:00 am CET

This burger could kill the EU

Farmers furious about lab-grown meat are taking their fight to the heart of the European project.

July 22, 2024 6:00 am CET

Denmark sets first carbon tax on agriculture

The country wants to cut 70 percent of its total emissions by 2030.

June 25, 2024 10:58 am CET

Political pork: China probes, Spain scrambles

Madrid is already squealing as Beijing launches anti-dumping investigation of EU pork.

June 17, 2024 6:39 pm CET

‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ contestant to become Dutch agriculture minister

Femke Wiersma married the dairy farmer she met on the TV reality show before going into politics.

June 13, 2024 4:45 pm CET

France’s farmers helped the far right win. Now they’re regretting it.

The National Rally’s success in the European election cost farmer unions’ centrist allies their seats in the European Parliament.

June 12, 2024 7:40 pm CET

Is the EU already in a trade war with China?

Even if they aren’t yet, things could soon get nastier as Brussels’ investigation into Chinese electric vehicles nears its conclusion.

May 28, 2024 5:45 am CET
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Officials warn of risks to ‘certain groups’ of people amid bird flu outbreak in cows

US federal testing and surveillance of the outbreak has so far lagged since initial detection in dairy cows more than a month ago.

May 1, 2024 7:46 pm CET

New EU rules to curb deforestation add to farmers’ red tape woes

European farmers say the legislation will saddle them with more obligations that they can ill afford.

April 5, 2024 1:47 pm CET

European farmers say they’re being screwed by Big Food. Is a price floor the answer?

Minimum prices would address farmers’ concerns that they are being short-changed by buyers. But it would be a recipe for overproduction.

March 6, 2024 1:04 pm CET

Dutch farmers back Wilders as centrist nightmares come true

Far-right radical seen as last chance to avoid EU pollution rules.

February 28, 2024 12:00 pm CET

Chaos, fires and tear gas roil Brussels as farmers clash with police

Stink of manure permeates EU capital amid ongoing battles between protesting farmers and cops.

February 26, 2024 10:37 am CET

Only liberals drink skimmed milk, top Tory MP declares

“Full fat, creamy milk will nourish your inner Tory,” says Brexit champion.

February 21, 2024 2:48 pm CET

France eases pesticide controls in sop to farmers

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal also bars imports of food containing traces of thiacloprid, a pesticide banned in the EU.

February 21, 2024 12:37 pm CET

Here’s your life in 2040 — if the EU’s climate plan works

Fewer steaks, a carbon Nutri-Score on food labels, bikeshares galore, and incentives to downsize once your kids move out.

February 7, 2024 8:32 pm CET

Von der Leyen can delay, not avoid, climate showdown with farmers

The EU’s top executive makes concessions to punt a climate battle over farming to the next president — which may be her.

February 6, 2024 6:47 pm CET

Britain’s Brexit border is finally here. No one is happy

Checks on EU exports to the U.K. have been repeatedly delayed — but the coming months will test firms who fear soaring costs and fresh disruption to supply chains.

January 26, 2024 6:34 pm CET

Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal is up and running. It’s ‘cataclysmic’ for UK food exports

Industry fears UK’s interpretation of EU label rules will cost British firms hundreds of millions.

December 13, 2023 4:30 am CET

UK confirms fifth delay to post-Brexit border checks

The new checks on some food and animal products coming from the EU will now begin in January.

August 29, 2023 12:00 pm CET
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