Brazil urges EU to suspend 'punitive' anti-deforestation law

Brazil said Thursday it has urged the EU to suspend the implementation of a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, describing the new rules as “punitive”.

The EU law, set to take effect at the end of December, will bar a vast range of goods — from coffee to cocoa, soy, timber, palm oil, cattle, printing paper and rubber — if produced using land that was deforested after December 2020.

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