Trade deals need not be bad news for Europeans

Dire warnings against opening the floodgates to farm produce from north and south America are being trotted out again.

An EU trade deal has been agreed with Canada, talks continue with the US — and negotiations with Mercosur countries in south America haven’t gone away.

However, the deal with Canada reveals that trade agreements need not be bad news for most European farmers, as long as European consumers insist on high food standards.