On Wednesday 11 February, the EU’s agricultural organisations and cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) expressed their deep concern at the relaunch of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the European Union and Australia, believing that the agreement could have a disproportionate impact on European farmers and cooperatives.
“Key agricultural sectors, such as beef, sheep meat, sugar and rice, are already under extreme pressure,” stressed Massimiliano Giansanti, President of Copa. He...