European and South American sources have told EUROPE that as part of the ministerial meeting between the EU and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) on Tuesday 2-30 January aiming to give a decisive boost to the negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two blocs, the European Commission has offered to bring its import quota for beef to 99,000 tonnes.
The EU's offer was tabled at an informal dinner on Monday evening between European Commissioners Cecilia Malmström...