EU Assessing Tariff Hikes on More Russian Agricultural Goods
- Fertilizers could also be hit, say people familiar with talks
- EU also looking into sanctioning more Russian oil tankers
Russia is the world’s biggest exporter of fertilizers.
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The European Union is debating whether to hike tariffs on more Russian agricultural and food products, as well as fertilizers, according to people familiar with the matter.
Several member states eager to limit Moscow’s revenues have been urging the bloc to impose sweeping levies on agricultural and fish imports from Russia and Belarus into the EU, on top of the higher duties on grain products set earlier this year.