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U.S., other WTO members slam EU for pesticide regulation changes

November 12, 2019 at 9:00 AM
More than a dozen World Trade Organization members, including the U.S., last week criticized the European Union in Geneva for lowering some of its maximum residue levels for a variety of pesticides used largely for producing citrus fruits and bananas. The U.S., Canada, Argentina, Brazil, India, Cote d’Ivoire and 11 other members argued at the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures on Thursday and Friday that the change to the EU’s regulation on pesticides would have detrimental effects, especially...

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