# EU trade deals must be coherent with clean biofuels policy –… | T&E

> A Transport & Environment report published on July 26 argues that EU trade talks with Mercosur could increase imports of unsustainable soy-based biodiesel from Argentina. The report calls for trade and climate policies to be made coherent. It also notes Argentina's WTO complaint about EU biofuel sustainability criteria.

- Date: 2017-07-25 · published 2017-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70008-eu-trade-deals-must-be-coherent-with-clean-biofuels-policy-t-and-e
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Trade concessions on crop-based biodiesel could expand soy oil supply into Europe, but the report itself is advocacy and no policy change has been made.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral

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| SBO | 2017-07-07 | [bilaterals.org \| New trade deals jeopardise EU green transport goals, NGO warns](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70011-bilaterals-org-new-trade-deals-jeopardise-eu-green-transport-goals-ngo-warns.md) | +0.5% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- transportenvironment.org: https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eu-trade-deals-must-be-coherent-clean-biofuels-policy-report

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