We are going to continue defending Spanish rice producers against the inflexible attitude of the EU Council
Rice
Spain
Regulation & Compliances
Published Mar 19, 2024
Tridge summary
Jordi Cañas, the CS MEP and spokesperson for Trade in the European Parliament, is advocating for an automatic safeguard for rice in the EU's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). He argues that the GSP, which allows tariff-free or reduced tariff imports from developing countries, creates unfair competition for European farmers. Cañas claims that countries like Cambodia and Burma, part of the GSP, export rice to the EU at low prices by not respecting basic human rights, disadvantaging European producers. Despite opposition from most Member States in the Council, Cañas continues to push for automatic safeguards in the GSP modification negotiations.
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Original content
The CS MEP and spokesperson for Trade in the European Parliament, Jordi Cañas, has sent a joint letter with the MEP Gabriel Mato to different agricultural organizations in which they have once again insisted on the need to include an automatic safeguard for rice in the EU's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to ensure the production of this product on the European continent. The EU Generalized System of Preferences is currently pending agreement in trilogues between the Council, Commission and Parliament. This system allows the import, without tariffs or with reduced tariffs, of products from developing countries, to help them integrate into the global economy and reduce their poverty. However, Cañas has denounced that the GSP is creating a situation of unfair competition that affects European farmers. We must protect those producers who put food on our tables and the European agricultural sector as a whole. The GSP is a system that strengthens the EU's relationship with ...
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