EU Member States Back Move to Curb Pesticide Use in Imports

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EU member states agreed on a position supporting rules that could allow the bloc to ban imports produced using pesticides prohibited within the EU. The measure clears a key hurdle but has angered major trading partners.

European Union countries agreed their stance on rules that will allow the bloc to ban the use of prohibited pesticides in imports from third countries, overcoming a key hurdle for a regulation that has angered major trading partners.