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The European Union and the United States agreed on Thursday (25 May) to set up a joint delegation to increase trade cooperation, after the EU-US free trade deal negotiations were put on ice with the election of Donald Trump. Learn more.

UK food manufacturers faces a shortage in labour skills and manpower fuelled by Brexit and low numbers of young people choosing the sector as a career, say food policy experts. Source: FOODnavigator.com.

Commissioners Phil Hogan and Karmenu Vella presented a joint ‘staff working document’ on water in agriculture during the informal Council of EU farm ministers in Malta this week (May 22-23), which will feed into the reflections on the post-2020 CAP reform. The working document is available here.

Industry association FoodDrinkEurope (FDE) is launching a call for action to improve diets and promote nutrition and health across the continent, saying there is no "silver bullet" for obesity. Source: FOODnavigator.com.

The European Commission believes a 10-year extension of glyphosate weedkiller is a “starting point” for debate and that it is the 28 EU member states which will have the final say. Learn more.