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In a preliminary study published Tuesday, the European Commission said that, in the scenarios that were assessed, \u201cimports decline, EU production rises and consumer prices increase,\u201d though the \u201cmagnitude depends strongly on exporters\u2019 adaptation assumptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The study adds to concerns raised by 19 countries at a World Trade Organization\u00a0meeting\u00a0in June, including the US, Canada, Brazil, Australia and Argentina. The US\u00a0urged\u00a0the EU to ensure its proposals are supported by a full risk assessment and avoid unnecessary withdrawals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The European Commission, the EU\u2019s executive arm,\u00a0proposed\u00a0measures in December as part of efforts to streamline and simplify food and feed safety legislation, while also aiming to \u201censure a level playing field\u201d for the bloc\u2019s producers. The proposal would give the EU the power to ban imports with traces of pesticides that aren\u2019t authorized in the bloc.<\/p>\n

The proposal risks destabilizing markets and supply chains with a \u201czero-tolerance approach\u201d that would make it \u201cnearly impossible to reliably export to the EU,\u201d the US Department of Agriculture said last week in an emailed response to questions. A USDA spokesperson didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment on the EU\u2019s study.\u00a0<\/p>\n

European Commission spokespeople Arianna Podesta and Eva Hrncirova said at a daily press briefing Tuesday the study was only one step in the process and should be considered separately from the EU\u2019s proposal, which they added had been notified to the WTO and feedback had been assessed and responded to.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The EU previously\u00a0disputed\u00a0the potential impact of its proposed measures, saying they would only be applied to specific substances in light of an impact assessment on a case-by-case basis, while the preliminary study looks at such restrictions more broadly. In an emailed statement last week, a Commission spokesperson said the bloc will take into account the importance of preserving the EU\u2019s food security and possible trade implications, while imports of commodities not produced in the EU, like coffee, or feeds the economy relies on will not be affected.<\/p>\n

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The December proposal would enable the EU to reduce the traces of certain pesticides \u2014 so-called \u2018Maximum Residue Levels\u2019 or MRLs \u2014 permitted in imports to a technical zero, at the limit of what can be detected in tests, effectively banning their use on products to be exported to the bloc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The current system allows for residues of some pesticides not approved in the EU if they pose no risk to consumers, which the Commission in its\u00a0\u00a0warned still allows some substances that are hazardous to the environment to be used.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The idea that farmers outside the EU should be restricted to the same chemicals that EU farmers can use has proved persuasive for many in the bloc. Its critics argue that different agricultural or climate conditions can justify the use of certain products and call for import tolerances to enable international trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In a letter seen by Bloomberg and dated mid-July, Canada\u2019s Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu warned the proposal \u201cdeparts from internationally accepted approaches to scientific evidence and dietary risk assessments in MRL setting.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt would undermine the predictability and stability of global agri-food supply chains and would severely disrupt the flow of trade, such as Canadian grains, oilseeds and pulses \u2014 including those like canola, where imports are primarily intended for biofuel production rather than human consumption,\u201d Sidhu wrote in the letter addressed to his Irish counterpart, Helen McEntee, as Ireland currently holds the Council of the EU\u2019s rotating presidency.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Canada\u2019s embassy to the EU didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment on the letter, but the country\u2019s Ambassador-Designate to the EU, Jonathan Wilkinson, said in a statement on Friday that the \u201cEU\u2019s current regulatory proposal risks creating new barriers that could undermine food security, competitiveness, and a rules-based trading system.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture said in an emailed statement last week that the country is \u201cconcerned for any horticulture or grain exports from Australia to the EU\u201d until they have precise details of what could be impacted, while the USDA highlighted possible impact on tree nut, soybean, and corn exports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The proposal is now going through the EU\u2019s legislative process and is under separate discussions in the European Parliament and among the bloc\u2019s member states in the EU\u2019s Council. So far EU member states have been split on the proposal, with its approach to MRLs and rules to extend permits for pesticides both proving contentious. A new compromise is set to be presented next month by Ireland, according to a person familiar with the discussions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Once a version of the legislation is agreed by both bodies, they would go into negotiations to produce a final version.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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