EU-US COOPERATION ON ORGANIC TRADE BREAKS DOWN TRADE BARRIERS
March 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
WITH the global organic food market in a state of exponential growth, a new trade deal between the world's two biggest organic food producers - the United States and the European Union (EU) - could significantly boost organic food and drink sales in both their markets, currently valued at more than USD50 billion annually combined.
The deal was signed on February 15 and will come into force on June 1, said the European Commission. Under the agreement, from that day, organic products certified in the EU or US may be sold as organic in either ...
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