SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture

Trade agreements with three non-EU countries reported to have boosted EU agri-food exports by €1 billion

Brussels, 27/02/2017 (Agence Europe)

The trade agreements between the European Union and Mexico, South Korea and Switzerland have increased the EU’s agri-food exports by more than €1 billion and boosted value-added in the agri-food sector by €600 million, according to an independent study commissioned by the European Commission and published on Monday 27 February.

Entitled 'Impacts of EU trade agreements on the agricultural sector,' the study by consultants Copenhagen Economics, analysed the consequences of the three...