EU REGULATORY ROUND UP – CEFIC CALLS FOR TTIP BIOPLASTIC FEEDSTOCK DUTY REDUCTIONS
February 8th, 2015
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has to cut import duties for bio feedstock such as sugar and bioethanol coming from the US to allow for a bio-polymer industry to grow in Europe, the executive director for industrial policy at the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) said yesterday.Speaking in a conference dedicated to interest groups impacted by the ongoing negotiations between the EU and the US for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), René van Sloten said that the import duties in Europe are as high as 40 to 60%, and need to disappear to allow ...
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