EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN MEAT INDUSTRIES GEAR UP FOR THE IMPACT OF THE EU-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
October 2nd, 2013
EUROPEAN AND Canadian meat traders are looking to boost overseas sales after today’s formal announcement of the widely anticipated Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).Speaking in Brussels, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said: “We were able to strike a very good balance between our offensive and defensive interests [in agriculture],” while noting that this area was particularly sensitive during the negotiations.Disagreement over the EU’s access to the Canadian dairy market and Canada’s access to ...
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