EU MEAT FEDERATION WELCOMES LAUNCH OF EU-JAPAN FREE TRADE TALKS
November 1st, 2012
BY ALAN OSBORN AND KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) meat industry federation believes that a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan, whose talks were authorised last week (Thursday), could safeguard and could even increase Europe's share of the Japanese pork market. Jean-Luc Mériaux, secretary general of the European Livestock and Meat Trading Union (UECBV) noted Japan is at present the EU's fourth largest market by volume for pork, though second in value because of the sale of high quality products in that country. Eurostat trade data says Japan ...
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