Reading Time: 2 minutes China has opened an anti-subsidy probe into imported dairy products from the European Union, stepping up tension with the bloc a day after Brussels released its revised draft decision related to tariffs on China-made electric vehicles.
Explainer: China’s probes on EU products following EV tariffs
Explainer: China widens probe of EU imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes China has widened its investigation into imported EU products, adding an anti-subsidy probe of cheese, milk and cream to anti-dumping checks on pork and brandy.
EU clears Bunge and Viterra’s $34 billion merger deal
Reading Time: < 1 minute The European Commission said on Thursday that it had cleared the $34 billion merger deal between Bunge and the Glencore-backed company Viterra.
Bunge, Viterra $34 bln deal heading for conditional EU nod, source says
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. grains merchant Bunge and Glencore-backed Viterra's $34 billion merger deal is heading towards conditional EU antitrust approval, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
China singles out Danish, Dutch, Spanish firms in anti-dumping probe
Reading Time: 2 minutes China on Thursday named Danish Crown A/S, as well as Dutch and Spanish pork firms as targets in an anti-dumping probe into European Union pork imports, as Beijing steps up pressure against the bloc's curbs on its electric vehicle exports.
Bunge offers to sell Viterra’s oilseeds facilities in Poland, Hungary, source says
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. grains merchant Bunge has offered to sell Viterra's crush and refining plants for oilseeds in Hungary and Poland in order to secure EU antitrust approval for the $34 billion merger, a person close to the deal said on Tuesday.
Bunge, Viterra offer to sell assets in two EU countries, sources say
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. grains merchant Bunge and Glencore-backed Viterra have offered concessions aimed at winning EU antitrust approval for their $34 billion merger, the European Commission website showed on Friday.
EU governments fail to agree on gene-editing rules despite patent exception
Reading Time: 2 minutes A last-ditch attempt by EU governments to break a deadlock over relaxing regulations on gene-edited crops failed after countries including Poland rejected changes to the text that exempted patented seeds from the measure.
China may take provisional anti-dumping steps against EU pork imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes China has opened an investigation into EU pork and its by-products, a step that appears mainly aimed at Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark, after the bloc imposed anti-subsidy duties on Chinese-made electric vehicles.
Rival pork exporters could benefit from China-EU trade tensions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pork suppliers from South America and the U.S. could gain market share in China if Beijing restricts imports from the European Union in response to escalating trade tensions, traders and analysts said.
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