Tesco and Lidl among retailers warning Brazil over Amazon rainforest protections
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Brazil's government is under pressure. Not from its own people, nor a foreign power, but from a group of European retailers.
Companies including Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Metro and Ahold Delhaize are threatening to stop buying agricultural products from the country unless a law they say threatens the country's rainforest is changed.
The businesses form part of a group of 40 signatories to an open letter to lawmakers in Brasilia highlighting their commitment to sourcing products sustainably.
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