Consumers using “eco-friendly” labels to inform their shopping habits are helping to block free trade. That’s according to a group of countries that have proposed changes to labelling rules, to be discussed at World Trade Organization talks in Hong Kong next week.
The countries have tabled more than 200 objections to so-called “non-tariff barriers” to trade (NTBs). They include a motion from Argentina to remove the triangle logo found on cans and bottles indicating that it is recyclable, and one from Thailand that objects to labelling products that contain more than 1 per cent genetically modified material.
Kenya wants…
