# EU Agriculture Ministers call for more intensive fight against global deforestation | AGENCE EUROPE

> EU agriculture ministers broadly backed the Commission's framework to combat global deforestation at a Luxembourg meeting on October 14. Several states asked for trade agreements to include anti-deforestation provisions and for reduced demand for deforestation-linked products. The Agriculture Council will adopt conclusions in December.

- Date: 2019-10-13 · published 2019-10-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56582-eu-agriculture-ministers-call-for-more-intensive-fight-against-global
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Support for demand-side curbs and trade clauses signals future pressure on imported soy and vegetable oils, but the measures are still at the conclusions stage and have limited near-term price impact.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-06-29 | [Green Deal: New law to fight global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU production and consumption enters into force   - Environment](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35520-green-deal-new-law-to-fight-global-deforestation-and-forest-degradation-driven.md) | +5.2% | +5.6% |
| SOY | 2023-04-19 | [Parliament adopts new law to fight global deforestation  \| News \| European Parliament](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36437-parliament-adopts-new-law-to-fight-global-deforestation-news-european-parliament.md) | -4.9% | -10.2% |
| SOY | 2017-05-02 | [FiBL - Report on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71041-fibl-report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation.md) | -0.3% | -4.8% |
| SOY | 2023-01-16 | [MEPs approve Parliament/Council agreement on ‘imported deforestation’ EU regulation \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37812-meps-approve-parliament-council-agreement-on-imported-deforestation-eu.md) | -3.1% | +0.3% |
| SOY | 2023-04-20 | [EU Regulation on deforestation-free products: What comes next for importers / exporters of agricultural commodities? \| BLOMSTEIN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36440-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-what-comes-next-for-importers.md) | -4.7% | -11.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-03-08 | [MEPs call for measures to stem deforestation for palm oil \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72015-meps-call-for-measures-to-stem-deforestation-for-palm-oil-agence-europe.md) | -2.6% | -7.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-09-11 | [European Parliament calls for tangible EU measures to help put an end to deforestation \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63050-european-parliament-calls-for-tangible-eu-measures-to-help-put-an-end-to.md) | -1.2% | -3.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-08-27 | [Malaysia makes contingency plans for agriculture exports under EU deforestation rules \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23344-malaysia-makes-contingency-plans-for-agriculture-exports-under-eu-deforestation.md) | +1.1% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- agenceurope.eu: https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/12348/13/eu-agriculture-ministers-call-for-more-intensive-fight-against-global-deforestation

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