Brussels, 22/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 22 May, Copa-Cogeca (the European association of farmers' unions and cooperatives) warned of the logistical problems for exporting products to the EU - such as costly labelling and shipping rules - and they called for technical barriers to trade (TBT) to be lifted in the EU-US trade negotiations (TTIP).
“The biggest obstacle to trade (…) comes from unnecessary red tape and TBT, costly rules and obligations - like labelling and packaging...