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‘Europe must be a global champion of fair, substantial and rules-based trade’ – Hogan

September 30, 2019

The EU Commissioner (designate) for Trade, Phil Hogan, has faced significant questioning from MEPs on his plans for the trade brief – should…

‘I always seem to inherit a job when things are not going too well’ – Hogan

September 29, 2019

Agri Politics

The outgoing European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, recently spoke about his nomination to the EU Commission’s powerful trade portfolio.…

US threatens tariffs on EU dairy, meat and spirits

July 2, 2019

Agri-Business

The Office of the US Trade Representatives has threatened the inclusion of a number of new EU products, including dairy, meat and spirits,…

British meat producers feeling the heat on Brexit uncertainty

March 1, 2019

Agri-Business

British meat producers have raised concerns across the water as Brexit departure day of March 29 approaches, with lobbyists urging the UK government…

Andrew Doyle finishes up promotional tour in China

November 7, 2018

Agri-Business

Andrew Doyle, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has just finished up a series of promotional events…

‘Globalisation must work for EU farmers’ – Agriculture MEPs warn

June 20, 2018

CAP / Schemes

Trade deals with third countries must be fair and balanced, imported foodstuffs must comply with high European Union (EU) standards and unjustified foreign…

European Commission must approach trade negotiations ‘with utmost care’

May 2, 2018

Agri Politics

The European Commission has been urged to approach trade negotiations “with utmost care” in terms of liberalising market access for sensitive agricultural products.…

New trade deal ‘agreement’ between the EU and Mexico welcomed

April 22, 2018

Agri-Business

The new free-trade deal that has been preliminarily agreed over the weekend between the European Union and Mexico has been welcomed. Announced on…

Watch: ‘Ming’ puts skates under new Brazilian beef figures

March 23, 2018

Beef

The European Union currently imports a total of 65,000t of Brazilian beef, the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture has heard. This week, at…

Trump’s trade tariffs ‘pose threat’ to CAP payments and young farmers

March 15, 2018

Agri Politics

US President Donald Trump’s much-publicised new import tariffs could have knock-on implications for EU farm food produced under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP),…

EU beef market being ‘sacrificed’ for the sake of Mercosur deal

September 29, 2017

Beef

The EU beef market is being sacrificed for the sake of the Mercosur trade deal, according to Cormac Healy of Meat Industry Ireland…

Why should Northern Ireland become the Republic’s poor trading relation?

May 29, 2017

Opinion

Colm McCarthy’s belief that maintaining trade links with Northern Ireland should be made a poor second to the ‘Holy Grail’ of keeping friendly…

‘Britain is a greater trading priority than Northern Ireland post-Brexit’ – McCarthy

May 28, 2017

Agri-Business

UCD economist Colm McCarthy believes the Republic of Ireland must agree better post-Brexit trading terms with Britain, than would be the case with…

NIGTA: ‘Farming income was higher than support payments in only three of the last 20 years’

May 4, 2017

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association (NIGTA) President Dr. Keith Agnew believes that the farming and food sectors are those which will be most…

CETA trade deal approved in European Parliament

February 15, 2017

The European Parliament has passed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada. Following a vote in Strasbourg this morning,…