ARGENTINA-EU MALIC ACID AGREEMENT

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE LONG-RUNNING negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Argentina over forging a wine trade agreement should be given another year to bear fruit, the European Commission has proposed. It has asked the EU Council of Ministers to again allow Argentine producers to sell wines in Europe containing malic acid, which is used to correct acidity, even though it is banned in EU wine production. As with the recent agreement with the USA, the European Commission wants a comprehensive wine agreement with Argentina, and has proposed giving officials ...


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