THE new Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister Brendan Smith and his French counterpart, Michel Barnier, yesterday expressed serious concerns at the direction of the world trade negotiations and the impact these would have on European agriculture.

THE new Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith, will hit the ground running as his French counterpart Michel Barnier flies into Dublin today for key strategy talks on the world trade deal now being negotiated in Geneva.