EU/WTO INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU FOOD INDUSTRY CALLS FOR HOLDING EU-UK DEAL TO PRESERVE FREE TRADE IN 2021
June 2nd, 2020
MAJOR European food and drink industry associations have asked the European Union (EU) and Britain to consider agreeing a temporary holding Brexit deal, preserving EU/UK free trade, once the current transitional period involving the UK follows EU rules, expires on December 31. FoodDrinkEurope, Copa-Cogeca and commodities federation Celcaa fear there is insufficient time to strike a comprehensive post-Brexit EU/UK trade deal this year. They want to avoid Britain and the EU trading on World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms, with tariffs and quotas, in 2021 and ...
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