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EU looks to cover transport costs for Ukraine grain exports by land

About 60 per cent of Ukraine's exports were shipped via solidarity lanes when the Black Sea deal was in operation

Reading Time: 2 minutes Brussels | Reuters – The European Union is ready to export almost all of Ukraine’s farm produce via “solidarity lanes” and help cover costs after Russia withdrew from a U.N.-backed Black Sea grain deal,  EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said on Tuesday. Solidarity lanes are rail and road transport connections through EU member states that […] Read more



Nicolas Hulot listens to the speech of French President Emmanuel Macron on July 9, 2018.
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France’s Hulot calls on parliament to vote against EU-Canada trade deal

Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters – Popular former environment minister Nicolas Hulot on Monday urged the French parliament to vote against the EU-Canada trade deal in a last-minute bid to block the agreement. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) provisionally took effect from September 2017, but still needs to be approved by all 28 EU […] Read more