Argentina writes to EU expressing “great concern” because of Spanish ban on bio-diesel
The Argentine government expressed “great concern” on Monday following the decision from the Spanish government to ban bio-diesel “not produced within the European Union” from the country.
In a letter sent to European Union’s Trade Director Jean Luc De Marty, the Foreign Ministry conveyed its discomfort over the restrictions considered by the Argentine government to be “discriminatory” and asked for the block’s intervention on the matter.
According to the document, the sanctions constitute a violation of the World Trade Organization’s agreements for being considered inequitable and alerted the European Union it could potently damage over half of the Argentine exports to Spain and 10% of all trade all together.
“The decision taken by Spain should not be allowed by the EU since its incompatible to commitments taken by the block within an international agreements framework,” read the statement released by the Ministry.
Last month, rumours spurred that Spain could retaliate against Argentina for seizing control of Spanish-owned energy company YPF with a measure that could curtail multimillion-dollar imports of bio-diesel from the nation.
After a weekly cabinet meeting on April 20th, the Spanish industry ministry said a plan to sanction Argentina was on march. Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria commented on a bio-diesel plan and many speculated it could be a measure giving preference to European Union-produced bio-fuel in meeting compulsory motor fuel blending requirements. Spain's bio-diesel industry has lobbied for years for such a rule.
Argentina is the world's leading supplier of soy-oil and soy-based bio-diesel. More than 12 million tons of Argentine soybeans were used last year to make bio-diesel, compared with total output of some 49 million tons in the 2010/11 season.
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you dont give a dam about the effect you are having on falkland ships,
CFK is a self serving road hog.
CFK is in the process of warning the EU and Spain,
If you mess with me, you mess with all of South America, because this is there problem as well,
Apparently.
night night
Lol you argitards didn't give a shit a bout international law and agreements framework when you stole YPF from repsol. Now your complaining because Spain is giving you a taste of what its like to be on the receiving. You can't have it both ways!!
eju.tv/.../dicen-adis-al-viejo-continente-y-al-desempleo...
Very simple that .the imaginary comments from India/Pasific.
blocking exports by the customers is not ok.
the ck-gang is half brained: they lost the half for the reality and kept that for the lies. I´m not sure if they have ever had that half for the reality.
IMF will sanction Arg in Sept. So no more IDB, WB funding..
WTO will sanction Arg shortly which mean no trade with MOST OF THE WORLD.
This is getting worse much quicker than even I thought it would...
CFk better have her safe house ready to go, maybe she can use Peron's in Tigre...
Repsol to sue Argentina. This just gets worse for Rg LaND. they are now international pariahs.
Are there any pariah commentators here ?
#13 “This is getting worse much quicker than even I thought it would...”
But you ALWAYS say this =)
Good move btw, holding up Spain to the same standards people seem to expect from Argentina =)
What on earth did the real world ever do to you to make you so bitter and twisted toward it that you trumpet some failed state in South America led by a freak and a bunch of gangsters?
I know you are a commie (being in the Scottish Old Labour mould) but even that does not explain it.
Do you even realise how despicable you look to the Brits?
Where oh where is Axel, I want him to explain to me how a quickly depreciating peso is good for him and his family.
on this occasion, your bit of plastic,
is NOT welcome .
Doesn’t seem so unimportant now, someone been telling porkys or what.
Lol.
I think you've hitched your wagon to a falling star BK.
Still time to confess & be re-admitted mainstream society.
Must be pretty understandable
For a deluded, indocrinatable.
But then CFK always was unreliable, undefendable , and unrecognisable
To tell the truth ?/
.
l had leftist leanings in my teens, Scotty.
So much so that l was a disappointment to my parents & grandparents.
l have since learned the error of my ways & now firmly believe in free enterprise.
l reject to be labelled as “left” or “right”.
We are all individuals.
We are not a collective, we are individuals,
It never convinced the borge,
It probably wont convince the indocronoughts .
.lol
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