U.S., others urge EU to delay implementation of deforestation regulation

The U.S. and other World Trade Organization members this week urged the European Union to delay implementation of its deforestation regulation, raising a number of concerns including the limited time to comply and burdens on small producers. The EU’s regulation, set to go into full effect at the end of the year, was crafted to ensure a range of agricultural products sold in the bloc have not been grown or benefitted from recently deforested land. During a WTO Agriculture Committee...