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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11008
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) trade

Russian embargo due to swine fever in Lithuania affects whole of EU

Brussels, 30/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - Russia's Federal Agency for Veterinary and Plant Control has announced restrictions on pork imports against the whole of the EU due to an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Lithuania.

This could heighten trade tension that is already considerable between the EU and Russia. The European Commission already has in its sights the recurrent restrictions imposed by Moscow on European imports of food and live animals for health reasons. Russia's ban on...

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