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Farmers set to see lower trading costs from closer EU-UK ties
The EU and the UK remain each other’s most important trading partners for agri-food products, despite frictions linked to Brexit. A reduction of red tape could help farmers and other traders on both sides of the Channel, although businesses are waiting for details.
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EU agrees to restore soils to health, but no binding targets
The state of Europe’s soil is often overlooked in the battle against climate change and ecosystem destruction, and in efforts to limit flooding and ensure food security. The EU has agreed to restore its heavily degraded land by 2050, but environmentalists are worried by the lack of binding targets.
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Italy's largest union joins prosecution in migrant worker murder trial
Prosecutors originally considered charging the farm owner with manslaughter, but raised charges to murder with malice, arguing he was aware the actions he took could cause the death of a migrant worker gravely injured by machinery.
