INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – MAJOR TRADE DEALS SOUGHT BY EU WITH USA AND JAPAN
February 1st, 2013
EUROPEAN Union (EU) confectionery manufacturers and their suppliers stand to boost their export sales and reduce import costs with the launch of talks to forge the two largest bilateral trade deals ever sought by the EU – with the USA and Japan.Formal approval was given to the Japanese negotiations in November and to the American talks in February. In both instances, negotiators aim to reduce import duties to as close to zero as possible, while harmonising or mutually recognising technical procedures and rules such as additive controls and labelling.The trade ...
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