Environmental legal challenge over Aussie beef trade deal
Beef cattle being loaded onto road trains in far western Queensland, Australia. Picture: John Carnemolla
Yet another leading meat-exporting nation looking for a big slice of the lucrative EU market has stalled one of the trade deals Brussels is anxious to conclude, as it seeks new partners to reduce trading dependence on China and on Russia.
Trade talks with Australia were halted last week by a dispute over meat quotas.
