Brussels, 11/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan said on Monday 7 March that, in his view, progress in talks on an EU-US free-trade agreement (TTIP) had been “very disappointing”, and he called on the EU to oppose any increased tariff liberalisation without better protection for EU geographical indications (GIs).
“Frankly, the level of progress in the TTIP negotiations is very disappointing and, with each week that passes, the chances of concluding...