16/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - EU/Mercosur, De Gucht under attack from Irish farmers. The head of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) laid into EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht on Monday, accusing him of using double standards for food grown in the EU and outside, and failing to properly defend EU interests in the free trade zone talks with Mercosur over food security, sustainability, climate change and standards: “It would be a disaster for European and Irish agriculture. The...