COGECA opposes trade concessions
That message was conveyed to EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson by Donal Cashman, president elect of COGECA, whose affiliated co-ops have over nine million farmer members, a turnover of €210 billion and processes and market over 60% of the agricultural food products in the EU.
Mr Cashman, a dairy farmer from White’s Cross in Cork and former president of the Irish Farmers Association, met Mr Mandelson in Brussels.