EASTERN EUROPE OILS AND FATS SECTOR BEING OPENED TO WESTERN EUROPE THROUGH EU TRADE DEALS
July 1st, 2009
BY MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA'S belligerent approach to its neighbours in recent years has ranged from military conflict with Georgia to energy disputes with Ukraine and a string of commodity-based stand-offs, such as rows with Norway over fish products, Poland over meat supplies and Belarus over sugar. As a consequence the European Union (EU) is now looking beyond Russia to source several commodities, including bio-based oils and fats and has agreed a series of trade deals with other non-member states in eastern Europe, removing mutual duties on imports ...
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