Beef
The Mercosur member states are to work more closely with the World Trade Organization on its internal regulation for animal and plant health.
Agri-Business
The EU is to move to reduce or remove customs duties on several agri-food products imported from Ukraine, following a council decision.
Dairy
The UK's less intensive dairy sector, and the global outlook, puts UK dairy in a good place to benefit from a new deal with the EU.
EU agri-food trade remained strong in the first quarter of 2025 according to the latest data from...
As a July deadline for Trump's threatened 50% tariff on EU goods looms, intense talks continue to take place between the US and the bloc.
An Irish MEP is calling on the European Commission to develop a "crisis preparedness plan" to protect agriculture from trade "shocks".
EU exports of agri-food reached €19 billion in January 2025, a small increase on the previous month and 4% higher than in January 2024.
Agri Politics
An Irish MEP urged the EU to stay united in defence of free trade in response to expected new US tariffs on European exports.
Plans by Donald Trump to place tariffs on EU agri-food exports would pose a "significant threat" to Irish exporters, the IFA has said.
A delegation representing EU farmers recently met with agri-sector stakeholders in the US to discuss escalating trade tensions.
The value of food and live animals exported from Ireland in January 2025 was over €100 million higher than the same month of 2024.
An Irish MEP has said that he met with the Chinese ambassador to Ireland as part of efforts to increase opportunities for agri-food exports.
US president Donald Trump has signaled that a 25% tariff on goods exported to the EU will be announced "very soon".
The latest agri-food trade report from the European Commission shows there was a €1.2 billion slump in exports to China between Jan-Nov 2023.
An Irish MEP has said that the trade policy pursued by Donald Trump presents an "opportunity" for the EU and China to ease trade tensions.
The government has agreed to proposals from Simon Harris to set up a trade policy group of stakeholders, in light of the Trump tariff threat.
The EU's trade chief has said that the EU will "respond firmly" if US president Donald Trump levies tariffs against EU exports to the US.
The European Commission has proposed to impose tariffs on some agricultural products from Russia and Belarus including certain fertilisers.
The value of Irish agricultural output more than than doubled in the 10 years from 2014 to 2023, according to a new department report.
The EU agri-food trade surplus reached €5.2 billion despite a slight decrease in August compared to July 2024.
Farm organisations and cooperatives from around the EU have jointly written to Ursula von der Leyen to call for a "coherent trade policy".
How can Irish agriculture and food find a way of trading effectively with the rest of the word during the period ahead?
Minister McConalogue has met with his UK counterpart in London to discuss matters of "mutual interest" in relation to bilateral trade.
