INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – SUGAR PRODUCERS WANT EU PROTECTION MAINTAINED, DESPITE TRADE DEAL TALKS
November 1st, 2016
THE INTERNATIONAL Confederation of European Beet Growers (CIBE) and the European Association of Sugar Producers (CEFS-Comité Européen des Fabricants de Sucre) have jointly called on the European Union (EU) to continue protecting producers with import tariffs, even as the EU negotiates 12 trade deals affecting the food industry. They cited an EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) report on the impact of these deals, noting that tariff reductions would cut EU sugar production, with prices falling 5% to 7%, with an increase of sugar imports from Mercosur-bloc countries ...
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