FRENCH CAP EUROPEAN FOOD INDUSTRY PROTECTION IDEAS BLOCKED
December 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRENCH attempts to get the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to sign up in principle to a farmer-friendly and potentially protectionist Common Agricultural Policy in the long-term have been blocked by Britain, Sweden and Latvia. France had spoken of "community preference": erecting fresh EU tariff barriers on food imports.
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FRENCH attempts to get the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to sign up in principle to a farmer-friendly and potentially protectionist Common Agricultural Policy in the long-term have been blocked by Britain, Sweden and Latvia. France had spoken of "community preference": erecting fresh EU tariff barriers on food imports.
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