Agri Politics
An Irish MEP has called for an assessment to be carried out on the combined effects of EU trade deals on Irish beef and sheep farmers.
Beef
The ICSA has reacted angrily to the confirmation that the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement will come into force on May 1.
Agri-Business
Paraguay became the final South American country to ratify the EU-Mercosur trade agreement yesterday (Tuesday, March 17).
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said his attention has turned to monitoring potential market impacts of the EU-Mercosur deal.
The ICSA has called on the European Commission to prioritise bioethanol imports over "unnecessary beef imports" from Brazil.
EU member states have officially adopted the safeguard regulation for agricultural products in response to the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
The EU Commission's move to provisionally apply the EU-Mercosur deal is "a profoundly undemocratic step", according to MEP Luke Ming Flanagan.
Dairy
European dairy trade association Eucolait said it "celebrates" the provisional application of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.
Sinn Féin called on the government to seek an emergency European Council meeting to stop the Mercosur deal being provisionally applied.
Copa Cogeca said a decision by the EU Commission to provisionally apply the Mercosur deal is a "further blow to Europe's agriculture".
An Irish MEP has hit out at the European Commission following a decision to provisionally apply the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
The European Commission's decision to provisionally apply the EU-Mercosur trade deal fails to recognise role of EU Parliament, the IFA said.
The European Commission has confirmed today (Friday, February 27) that it will provisionally apply the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.
A trade agreement between the US and Argentina could see EU protected geographic indications (PGIs) ignored by Argentinian authorities.
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An Irish MEP has said the issue of farmer representation on the governance boards of state bodies...
An MEP has said the issue of farmer representation on governance boards "has to be addressed" in the wake of the Larry Murrin controversy.
Opposition has "done the heavy lifting" in opposing the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, according to an Aontú senator.
Commissioner Christophe Hansen was quizzed by members of the Oireachtas on the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement today.
The European Parliament's trade committee has backed a 5% threshold figure for activating safeguards under the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
The European Commission has formally established a task force aiming to strengthen import controls on food safety.
Minister Heydon has disputed a claim that there was a deal that Ireland would back the Mercosur Trade Agreement for the nitrates derogation
Michael McGrath "regrets" the decision by the European Parliament to refer the EU-Mercosur trade agreement to the European Court of Justice.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is to be asked to give its legal opinion on the controversial EU-Mercosur deal.
