EU/JAPAN EPA WILL BOOST EU MEAT INDUSTRY, SAY EXPERTS
July 1st, 2017
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) economic partnership agreement with Japan – its sixth most important trading partner – struck yesterday (July 6) at an EU-Japan Summit in Brussels, will benefit the EU meat industry greatly, experts say.
EU agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has hailed it as “the most significant and far-reaching agreement ever concluded in agriculture.” It will scrap mutual duties on meat imports and remove other non-tariff barriers to trade and investment, he said.
The European Commission says the agreement, expected to come ...
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