Dillon protests WTO farming ‘sell-out’

THE former president of the Irish Farmers Association John Dillon walked out of a European Union sub-committee meeting in Brussels yesterday in protest at what he claimed was the sell-out of agriculture in the world trade talks.

He took the action as efforts intensified here in a bid to protect the country’s agri-food industry from the impact of a possible world trade deal.

Mr Dillon was attending a meeting of the internal relations sub-committee of the European Economic and Social Committee which was addressed by David O’Sullivan, director general of DG Trade.