Progress in EU FTA negotiations with third countries According to press reports, the EC is considering launching FTA negotiations with the US in the first half of 2013. An interim report by a joint EU... 04/01/2013
Caribbean rum sector facing serious challenges in US and EU markets According to recent Caribbean and industry press reports and analysis, it has been suggested that the combined effects of the way US tax breaks for... 16/12/2012
European vegetable producers to monitor implementation of EU–Morocco agricultural protocol At the beginning of October 2012, FEPEX (the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live... 11/11/2012
Deferment of Algerian FTA implementation commitments On 4 September 2012, press reports indicated that ‘Algeria has won a trade concession from the European Union, according to which the EU-Algeria fr... 22/10/2012
Central American and Andean Pact association agreements signed At the end of June 2012 the EU and Central American governments formally signed the Comprehensive Association Agreement, the text of which had alre... 12/08/2012
Discussions initiated with China on mutual organic standards and cooperation According to reports from the European Commission, on 11 June 2012 the EC agriculture commissioner and China’s minister of agriculture signed a coo... 09/07/2012
High feed costs highlight importance of new EU dairy sector initiatives The Spanish small farmers’ union (UPA) has described the situation in the Spanish dairy sector as ‘critical’, with ‘sky high production costs cripp... 28/05/2012
EU 2011 review shows growing importance of ACP markets The EC has published its review of agriculture in the EU for 2011. Tables annexed to the review highlight the growing importance of the ACP as a ma... 13/05/2012
MEPs review safeguards on Latin American bananas According to a report on ABC News, several MEPs, including Bernd Lange, the rapporteur of the EP’s International Trade Committee report on the Lati... 15/04/2012
Indian government prepares to capitalise on new EU preferences With an EU–India FTA now seen as imminent, the Indian government is looking ‘to develop clusters of growers who will be trained in producing high q... 15/04/2012