An agreement in principle was reached this week to increase the US share of an existing tariff quota of 45,000 tonnes of high quality beef.
“We can confirm that the European Union and the United States have reached an agreement in principle on US concerns regarding the implementation of the EU-US Memorandum of Understanding on imports into the EU of beef not treated with hormones”, a Commission spokesman told EUROPE on Friday 15 March.
The mutually agreed way forward includes an...