The rapidly rising input costs and extreme weather seen across Europe this year means many EU agrifood businesses will struggle to maintain operations without help from the European Commission over energy prices. This warning comes...
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Europe’s agrifood chain calls for EU:UK trade clarity
A coalition of European agrifood chain trade bodies has called on EU-UK trade negotiators to strike a comprehensive tariff and quota-free trade agreement with close harmonisation of rules, including on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to...
Agri-food chain calls for Brexit certainty
With only a week to go to the Article 50 Brexit deadline of March 29th, concern is growing on both sides of the English Channel and Irish Sea over the precipitous state of the negotiations. As ATN closed for press, the prime minister was attending a European Council...
Brexit no-deal fears grow for UK agriculture
Following last week’s comprehensive rejection of the prime minister’s “Chequers” EU withdrawal deal by Parliament, industry bodies have reiterated their opposition to a “no deal” exit from the EU at the end of March. The Article 50 timetable points to the UK leaving...
