For many, Europe is above all a producer of norms and rules. In the field of food, the resources it has, should allow it to be at the forefront of the food and agricultural transition. Yet, recent backward steps question this function and this opportunity, at the expense of sustainability of food and health of hundreds of millions of Europeans.
EU trade policy and sustainability (24/11/2020)
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