Visiting Brussels on Wednesday 25 January, Brazil's Agriculture Minister Blairo Borges Maggi listened to the concerns of European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan about the delays in Brazil's sanitary and phytosanitary authorisation for EU beef.
Both parties had an "open and frank" discussion on EU and Brazilian agriculture, and in particular on beef, including on consumption trends in the EU, Brazil's expectations on EU market access, and the new system of traceability in Brazil,...