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Canada-EU trade talks fall down on cattle issues

18/06/2013
Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, has been unable to complete a trade agreement with the EU, after concerns over beef and pork exports meant talks reached an impasse.

Canada faces resistance from France and Ireland, two of Europe’s biggest meat suppliers, about competition in the continent.

The Canadian government is looking for large enough market access to make it worth having some Canadian cattle producers switch their operations to comply with Europe's ban on growth promotants in cattle production.

“A Canada-EU agreement can serve as a strategic and important step towards the eventual creation of a comprehensive transatlantic trade and investment area,” senior executives of more than 100 European and Canadian companies said in a joint declaration supporting a deal.

Bloomberg reported that British prime minister David Cameron said Canada and the EU had made a lot of progress and are very close to a pact.


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