The market for the €2bn Irish beef and livestock sector is being put at serious risk by ongoing EU/Canadian trade negotiations, says IFA president John Bryan.

THE eurozone’s misery stems largely from a political response which has been “too little, too late” and Europe must find the courage to do what is needed, the EU’s trade chief said yesterday, warning it was now “two to midnight”.

FARM groups yesterday criticised the double standards with which the EU Commission treats foods produced inside and outside the EU.

European Union officials today signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and South Korea.

A VISIT by European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht to Brazil and Argentina for talks raises a red flag for Ireland regarding South American beef imports to Europe, it was claimed yesterday.

The EU trade chief apologised today for blaming Jews and the “Jewish lobby” in Washington for blocking Mideast peace.

THE European Union said yesterday it will not remove sanctions targeting Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his loyalists or resume development aid until more is done to implement a year-old power-sharing agreement andrestore human rights.

A European Union deadline for Serbia to surrender war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic has expired with no sign of the former army commander, threatening the nation’s efforts to join the bloc.

Belgium is dispatching a special envoy to central Africa in an attempt to calm rising tension in the region following the weekend massacre of at least 160 refugees at a UN camp in Burundi.