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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11142

29 August 2014
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture
French farmers want to refer Russian ban to WTO

Brussels, 28/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - The president of France's largest agricultural union, the FNSEA, called on the European Commission, on Wednesday 27 August, to challenge the Russian ban on European food products before the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

“I do not understand why we have not yet acted, why we have not brought the matter before the bodies of the WTO”, Xavier Beulin told a meeting with the press (translation). “Russia cannot join the WTO, with all the advantages...