BREXIT AGREEMENT EASES WORST FEARS OF EU/UK DAIRY SECTORS, BUT TRADE RED TAPE STILL A CONCERN
January 2nd, 2021
THE EUROPEAN and British dairy sectors are holding their breath, waiting to see if their producers can cope with the rules of origin, plus sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) red tape requirements required for UK-European Union (EU) dairy trades under the new EU-UK trade agreement.
While industry associations and companies were relieved that the Brexit deal involved mutual duty-free trade between both sides, the fact remains that the new EU-UK relationship is significantly less friction free than under EU membership.
Jukka Likitalo, secretary general, of Eucolait, ...
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