The EC and the Spanish Government support raising environmental requirements for agricultural imports
In a virtual seminar organized by Cooperativas Agro-Alimentarias, Representatives of the European Commission (EC) and the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism (Mincotur) defended increasing environmental requirements for agricultural imports in trade agreements with third countries.
The commercial policy promoted by the EC proposes increasing the sustainability requirements in the agreements, which would help ease the Spanish sector s concerns about the lack of reciprocity and inequality with its competitors.
In the seminar, the Director of International Relations of the Directorate General of Agriculture of the EC, John Clarke, and the Director-General of Trade Policy of Mincotur, Juan Francisco Martinez, analyzed the challenges and trade trends that affect and concern Spanish exporters.