Irish MEPs: EU trade agreement a threat to Irish agriculture

Irish MEPs have raised serious concerns over beef talks with EU trade chief today in Strasbourg.

Fianna Fáil MEPs Liam Aylward MEP and Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher MEP sought an urgent meeting with the Commissioner for Trade, Karel de Gucht to express their grave reservations about the re-opening of trade negotiations with Mercosur and to defend the position of Irish agriculture.