EU duties on rice import from Asia: Italy, 5 other countries

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, SEP 23 - Italy, backed by Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Romania, and Spain, is urging the EU to reinstate an automatic safeguard clause against zero-duty rice imports from Cambodia and Burma. According to public documents from the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council, the request is on the agenda for today's ministerial meeting in Brussels. (ANSA).