On Monday 6 March, the European Commission welcomed the announcement made by the Chinese authorities on 3 March to lift the ban on imports into China of bovine meat from France.
On Friday, China announced that it intended to lift its embargo on French beef imports for animals aged under 30 months, imposed in 2001 following the mad cow crisis.
The Commission was delighted that, “this success is the result of long-efforts made in European trade diplomacy”. It pointed out that the EU has...