Reading Time: 2 minutes The European Commission launched a challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday against China's investigation into EU dairy products, initiated after the European Union placed import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
EU challenges China’s dairy product probe at WTO
BASF to prepare agricultural business for IPO, reports Bloomberg
Reading Time: < 1 minute BASF plans to prepare its agricultural chemicals business for an initial public offering in the next few years as part of restructuring measures set to be announced by the chemicals group this month, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
China’s carrot-and-stick tactics on EU nations start to pay off
China appears to allow no room for negotiations or concessions with Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Beijing, as a vote on EU duties on China-made electric vehicles looms, employed a carrot-and-stick approach to deal with the 27-strong bloc, but appears to have no concessions for Canadian canola.
EU allows member states to boost farmer payments after protests
Reading Time: < 1 minute European Union member states can increase the funds they pay to farmers, the European Commission said on Friday, after protests by farmers earlier in the year forced policymakers to scale back climate rules.
Explainer: China’s probes on EU products following EV tariffs
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 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.
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