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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11758

31 March 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 17
NEWS BRIEFS / New zealand
EU on its guard ahead of negotiations for trade deal with a country with an offensive interest in agriculture

30/03/2017 (Agence Europe)The Council of the EU may grant the Commission a mandate to negotiate a free-trade agreement with New Zealand by May or June, a diplomatic source told EUROPE on Thursday 30 March.  However, the Council will remain very much on it guard, given New Zealand's“mega-offensive” interest in the agricultural sector, as 70% of its exports to Europe are agricultural products, the source explained.  There is also the question of the “point” of a trade deal in...

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