EU/JAPAN EPA WILL BOOST EU DAIRY INDUSTRY, SAY EXPERTS, BUT JAPANESE PRODUCERS ARE WORRIED
October 1st, 2017
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) planned trade deal with Japan – its sixth most important trading partner – struck in principle at the July 6 EU-Japan Summit in Brussels and set to be operational in 2019, will benefit the EU dairy industry greatly, experts say.
“Good opportunities will arise for European cheeses, and for butter, as Japan is lacking these products,” EU farm industry organisation Copa-Cogeca secretary general Pekka Pesonen told Dairy Industries International this week (Oct 10). He noted the deal, although “not finalised yet”, would particularly ...
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