DENMARK MAY PURSUE BILATERAL SOLUTION WITH RUSSIA
May 10th, 2014
The Danish government is considering breaking ranks with the European Union (EU) and striking a bilateral trade deal with Russia to protect its pork exports. These have been hit while Russia blocks EU pigmeat exports over a handful of African swine fever cases in Poland and Lithuania. With talks between the European Commission and Moscow over the ban going nowhere, a senior official within the Danish food and agriculture ministry said Copenhagen might respond positively to a separate offer from Russia to allow sales of Danish pigmeat."It is our view that the EU ...
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