Agrifood Podcast: EU-Turkey agri-trade, Crop rotation debate, Deforestation Law

Last week EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski met with Turkish Agricultural Minister, Vahit Kirişçi, on the first high-level meeting to strengthen the EU-Turkey agri-trade. Europe’s food policy will also have to deal with the Commission’s plan to help Ukraine in exporting grain despite Russia’s blockade of the country’s ports, the debate in Germany over suspending crop rotation rules, and the inter-institutional talk around the EU deforestation law.

#Eurozone: #ECB officials question whether #Euro has strengthened too much, by @OlafStorbeck and Ian Smith | Financial Times

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ECB officials question whether euro has strengthened too much

Policymakers at central bank fret that a surging currency increases the risk of inflation undershooting

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[Featured] #Trade: #EU splits weaken its hand in crunch trade talks with #Trump, by @_Zimmerfrau and @_AriHawkins | Politico

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EU splits weaken its hand in crunch trade talks with Trump

European capitals are pulling in different directions ahead of a decisive round of trade talks in Washington. 

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#EUDefence: The Italian job - How #Rome plans to work around #NATO spending hike, by @giuseppe_fonte, @AmanteAngelo and Gavin Jones | Reuters 

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The Italian job: how Rome plans to work around NATO spending hike

Italy, along with other NATO countries, has agreed to sharply increase defence spending over the next decade, but ...

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