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

June 20, 2018

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,…

Calls from House of Lords for UK-Irish trade barriers to be minimised post-Brexit

December 12, 2016

Agri-Business

A report from the EU Committee of the House of Lords in London is calling for the upcoming Brexit negotiations to fully recognise…

EU and Canada sign CETA trade agreement

November 1, 2016

Agri-Business

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was signed over the weekend in Brussels by the EU and Canada. CETA was dealt a…

EU-Canada summit cancelled as CETA negotiations continue

October 27, 2016

Agri-Business

Today’s planned EU-Canada summit has been cancelled as talks in Belgium last night failed to see the country reach agreement on the CETA…

‘TTIP is politically dead, at least for the time being’

August 29, 2016

It is clear now that TTIP is politically dead, at least for the time being, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has said in…

US beef imports decline 16% on June 2015 levels

August 23, 2016

Beef

US beef imports have declined 16% year-on-year, the latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook from the USDA has found. Beef imports were reported at 284m…