The EU's Agriculture Commissioner has said there are a lot of misinformation and misplaced facts in relation to the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. The EU's Agriculture Commissioner has said there are a lot of misinformation and misplaced facts in relation to the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Hogan on Mercosur: 'Irish beef farmers understand this is a better deal than was on the table in 2004'Speaking EU Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries meeting today in Brussels Hogan said the meeting is an opportunity to "present what is actually in the agreement as there is a lot of misinformation and misplaced facts in relation to the content of the deal." Irish beef farmers understand that this is a better deal than was on the table in 2004 when there was up to 170,000t on the table, without any segmentation around chilled or frozen beef, he told journalists ahead of the meeting and that he hoped they would see it is a balanced outcome. He re-iterated that Mercosur countries are tied in to the Paris climate agreement or the deal falls.

Source: Irish Independent July 15, 2019 13:01 UTC