For nearly a decade, Jordan has upheld a strict ban on importing trees in soil from Italy and Spain, a rule born from the 2015 Xylella fastidiosa outbreak that devastated olive groves across southern Europe. At the time, the decision was justified. It was about protecting our agriculture and preventing a disease that threatened one of the Mediterranean’s most iconic crops. But ten years later, the world has moved on, and Jordan hasn’t. Across Europe, Xylella has been contai
