The European Parliament’s agriculture committee adopted two opinions during the evening of Monday 2 October, giving the green light to the opening of the trade talks proposed by the European Commission with Australia and New Zealand. The committee voted by 31 to 12, with 2 abstentions and 35 to 7, with 3 abstentions, respectively, to approve the opening of the talks but laid down the condition that sensitive agricultural products had to be maintained.
The committee says that trade...