EU trade chief warns that new plastic packaging rules may penalize poorer exporting countries and risk legal challenges.
The European Union's trade chief warns that recent changes to new rules on plastic packaging could penalize poorer countries that export to the bloc and increase the risk of legal challenges and retaliation. EU negotiators finalized a deal to slash packaging waste, which included an amendment pushed by France, forcing countries outside the EU to mirror its standards in producing plastic packaging.
March 14, 2024
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