Trade deal will undermine Common Agricultural Policy, declares Creed

THE credibility of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be thrown into question by the proposed Mercosur trade deal, Fine Gael has warned.

Michael Creed, the party’s agriculture spokesman, said the EU has invested billions of taxpayers’ money on food safety, traceability, animal welfare and environmental standards.

But the value of this investment will be simply cast aside by the negotiation of a trade deal that is not based on equivalent standards for food imports, he said.