EUROPE DAIRY INDUSTRY WELCOMES CETA DEAL
November 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN dairy industry has welcomed the European Union (EU)-Canada Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA), particularly, as EU food and drink organisation FoodDrinkEurope noted, the deal should more than double EU cheese exporters’ Canadian market access.
The deal, finally agreed on October 30, which now needs to be approved by the European Parliament to enter into force provisionally, not only allows some 92% of EU agri-food products to be exported to Canada duty-free, but sets a new bilateral quota for 18,500 tonnes of cheese a ...
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