COPA-COGECA SOUNDS ALARM OVER EU BEEF INDUSTRY WEAKNESS
April 1st, 2013
EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) farmers association Copa-Cogeca has warned today (Friday) that the EU beef sector is “catastrophic situation”, arguing that it was no time to increase access to EU beef markets through bilateral trade talks.Negotiations with Canada are close to completion and the Canadian government is pushing for better EU market access for its beef exporters. Talks with India are also well under way and a major deal with the USA could also promote beef imports.But meanwhile, the EU beef sector is in a very poor shape to cope with such competition, ...
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