Tomato exports cause heated debate around the approval of the EU–Morocco agricultural trade accord In the run-up to the vote on 16 February 2012 in the European Parliament on the Morocco–EU agricultural trade agreement, Spanish tomato farmers cla... 11/03/2012
Spanish farmers lobby the EP over Moroccan agreement, but wider political concerns are likely to dominate Spanish tomato farmers are lobbying intensively to halt the implementation of the Agricultural Protocol between the EU and Morocco, which it is hel... 22/01/2012
EC impact assessment study suggests beef sector will be the worst affected by an EU–Mercosur FTA An EC-financed impact assessment of a potential EU–Mercosur free trade agreement, carried out by the Joint Research Centre-Institute for Prospectiv... 07/01/2012
EC public consultation on trade and development communication issue paper launched The EC has posted a background document as part of a public consultation on its forthcoming ‘Trade and Development Communication’, seeking contribu... 06/09/2011
New EU trade agreements entering into force On 1 July 2011 the EU–South Korea FTA agreement entered into force. This agreement has been described by EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht as ‘t... 06/09/2011
Morocco agriculture agreement faces opposition in European Parliament In July 2011 the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament voted to reject ‘the agreement for the liberalisation of trade in agricultural an... 06/09/2011
Beef trade trends suggest EU farmers’ fears over Mercosur deal may be exaggerated According to press reports, Meat and Livestock Australia has reported that ‘EU beef imports during the nine months to March were down 13 per cent y... 09/08/2011
Progress in third country negotiations continues to cause concern to EU farmers Analysis from the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture suggests that their country’s new FTA with the EU could increase agro-exports by a third by 2016... 10/06/2011
Organic markets increasingly targeted by Latin American banana exporters Press reports indicate that Peru is expanding its exports of organic bananas, with a 30% increase in volume in the first two months of 2011 compare... 10/06/2011
EU trade agreements and the enhanced role of the European Parliament On 15 February 2011, the European Council took the final step for formal EU approval of the Pacific interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA).... 02/05/2011