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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10368

30 April 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
EU-Mercosur agreement would hurt agriculture

Brussels, 29/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - A report by the Commission's Joint Research Centre, seen by EUROPE, concludes that any EU-Mercosur free-trade agreement would have a negative effect on agriculture in the Union, with revenues falling, depending on the scenario, by between 0.5% (€1 billion lost) and 3.2% (a loss of almost €7 billion). It is the meat sector which would be worst affected, with a fall in production of 150,000 tonnes and an 8% fall in producer prices. The countries...

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