FOOD PROCESSORS WARN OF DIFFICULT REGULATORY CHALLENGES IN FREE TRADE TALKS
July 5th, 2014
European food manufacturers have welcomed progress on a transatlantic free trade deal at a meeting of negotiators and business leaders in Brussels but warned that American non-tariff barriers need scrapping to enable exporters to take full advantage of an agreement.Speaking to officials and industry representatives at Wednesday’s (July 16) meeting, Roxane Feller, economic affairs director at trade association FoodDrinkEurope, said: “The United States is our top trading partner. This is an opportunity we cannot miss to create a combined market for our goods. ...
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