EU WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS ON MEAT IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH US, SAYS BRUSSELS OFFICIAL
February 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) will have to make concessions on meat in its negotiations with the US for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a senior European Commission official warned last night (Tuesday). John Clarke, director for international affairs at the European Commission’s directorate general (DG) for agriculture said: “We will have to reduce our tariffs in areas like meat.” He was speaking during a public debate on the TTIP organised by the Parliament Magazine in Brussels, noting that the EU meat sector was less competitive ...
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