Trade deal may open doors to GM food
He hopes to discuss the plan to lift barriers to imports between the US and the EU with US president Barack Obama when he meets him tomorrow in Washington.
Asked about making concessions on food to the US, Mr Kenny said there was a “new pragmatism in Europe about the way we are going about business”. He said that he told his fellow EU leaders during the Brussels summit that Ireland was an example of this pragmatism in that it had to make difficult choices in relation to the financial crisis.