Agri Politics
The outcome of CETA will determine what happens with other trade deals such as TTIP and Mercosur, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has said.
Agri-Business
MEP Marian Harkin believes that we are now looking at the total wind down of the TTIP negotiations
EU Member States are currently considering signing the FTA with Canada this month, but CETA is not the only deal the EU is working on.
Further calls have been made to end the ongoing negotiations between the EU and the United States under the TTIP.
The European Commission is making steady progress in the ongoing TTIP negotiations,the Commission's spokesperson has said.
It is clear now that TTIP is politically dead, at least for the time being, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has said in response to the German Vice-Chancellor saying that the trade negotiations have collapsed.
Some 81% of farmers are worried about trade deals such as the TTIP, a Red C poll commissioned by the lobby group Uplift has revealed.
The new Minister for Agriculture has said that the standards of food production and food safety will not be compromised in any TTIP deal.
Michael Creed met with Phil Hogan yesterday evening for the first time since the Minister’s appointment.
Beef
The ICSA is protesting outside the EU Commission offices today due to the potential sell-out of the EU beef farming sector in Mercosur and TTIP talks.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) is to protest tomorrow, Wednesday May 4, in Dublin against the proposed Mercosur and TTIP trade deals.
Ongoing negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) raises questions about what a potential deal may look like for the EU beef sector.
Other
A legal opinion obtained Sinn Féin MEP, Matt Carthy has established that an Irish referendum will be required if the European Commission proceed with proposals to constitute an Investment Court as part of an EU-US trade deal (TTIP) agreement.
All member states of the European Parliment will have a major say in the outcome of the TTIP negotiations, according to Commissioner Hogan.
The ongoing TTIP negotiations must see 'significant movement from the US' this week, or no agreement will be secured until 2019, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture has said.
Red tape and non-tariff barriers to trade, need to be tackled in the current TTIP talks, Martin Merrild, Copa President, has said.
Beef is the sector that is most vulnerable to a bad TTIP deal, according to ICSA General Secretary Eddie Punch.
The EU will keep its restrictions on hormones and growth promoters in livestock farming in the proposed US and EU trade deal, according Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovtion Richard Bruton.
European food standards will be upheld in any EU/US trade deal, according to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton.
The proposed TTIP deal is a wake-up call for all involved, Patrick Kent, President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA), says.
Ireland's beef sector is likely to be hit hardest by the proposed trade deal between the EU and the US, according to a report published today by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton.
EU standards and sensitive sectors will not be sacrificed on the altar of any trade deal, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said
There is a possibility that some Irish dairy produce could be defined as 'organic' under the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership
