Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia sent a joint letter to EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis and EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski last week saying that their farmers were "suffering significantly" since the EU lifted relevant restrictions in 2022.
EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis has said that attacks by Houthi rebels on container ships in the Red Sea are not yet affecting the price of energy or goods in Europe. But transport costs are rising, Dombrovskis said on Tuesday after an informal meeting of EU trade ministers in Brussels. The reason is that shipping companies are diverting their ships to Africa's Cape of Good Hope, a longer journey. The Red Sea route is the shortest between Asia and Europe. Traffic in the Red Sea recently