SUCKLER COWS SECTOR COULD BE HIT BY EU-US TRADE AGREEMENT, STUDY SAYS
September 1st, 2014
THE CONCLUSION of a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the US could have serious adverse consequences for the EU suckler cows sector, European experts claim. A new study presented yesterday (Wednesday) in the European Parliament in Brussels argues US-sourced beef imports could increase in volume and fall in price. This “would dent considerably the production of suckler cow-based beef left in the EU”, reads the study, which was conducted jointly by researchers from the ...
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