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Trade deals with Australia and New Zealand could cause chaos for Irish agriculture
28-May-2018 AgriLand
This week’s confirmation that the European Union (EU) is to commence trade talks with Australia and New Zealand has bad news written all over it from the perspective of Irish agriculture.
Comprehensive free trade deal is preferred option to avoid ’hard border’
13-Feb-2018 Independent.ie
December’s deal to avoid a hard border stands and the preferred option to secure that is through a comprehensive free trade deal, the Prime Minister has said.
Ireland and France furious with EU over plan to import more beef from Brazil
4-Oct-2017 Daily Express
The European Union (EU) is facing a stinging attack from Ireland and France after Europe moved to open up the lucrative beef market to Brazil.
Farmers are most worried about the ramifications of TTIP
27-Jul-2016 AgriLand
Farmers, more than any other socio-economic group, are most worried about the impact of world trade deals such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Public wants referendum on TTIP - poll
27-Jul-2016 Irish Independent
The vast majority of Irish people want a referendum on the proposed US-EU free trade deal if it looks like it could become law, a survey suggests.
IFA wants Coveney to defend farmers against potential EU/Mercosur trade deal
22-Mar-2016 AgriLand
The IFA is calling on Minister Coveney and Ireland’s MEPs to come out strongly against a potential EU/Mercosur deal and in defence of farmers and the agriculture sector.
Beef exports to Canada to start within three months
11-Jan-2016 Irish Farmers Journal
Ireland will become one of the first EU regions to export beef to Canada as part of the CETA trade agreement.
New Zealand/EU free trade talks criticised
4-Nov-2015 The Irish Examiner
Irish Farmers Association president Eddie Downey has already warned that farmers across Europe would resist any trade deal with New Zealand that could undermine the EU’s valuable domestic markets for beef, sheep, and dairy products.
EU deal will put elderly care at risk
14-Oct-2015 The Irish Examiner
Elderly people’s homes in Ireland will be open to unfettered competition putting care at risk under the terms being drafted for the trade and services agreement between the EU and the US.
Congo Airways Airbus stuck at Dublin - Kinshasa alludes to «vulture fund subterfuge»
24-Aug-2015 Jeune Afrique
Pursuant to the ruling of an Irish court, Airbus A320 of Congo Airways, RDC’s new national airline company, is blocked at Dublin airport. The Congolese authorities are not excluding the hypothesis of “vulture fund subterfuge”.
Trade deal could put Big Tobacco’s interests before public health
20-Aug-2015 Irish Independent
The tobacco industry has deep pockets. The industry uses its profits to resist measures being taken by governments all across the world to cut smoking and deaths from smoking.
EU-US trade deal will ’hang beef sector out to dry’: ICSA
1-Apr-2015 The Independent
The potential for losses of between €25m and €45m for the beef sector from any trade deal between Europe and the US has provoked a sharp response from the Irish farm organisations.
Trade agreement with Colombia and Peru tests our commitment to human rights
29-Jan-2015 Irish Times
The first significant test of Ireland’s reputation as defender of human rights comes today as the Dáil debates ratification of the EU Free Trade Agreement with Colombia and Peru.
Dairy farmers warned of possible New Zealand/EU trade deal
19-Dec-2014 Agriland
Concerns have been voiced for the Irish dairy farmers as New Zealand pushes for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU by Sean Kelly MEP for Ireland south.
Government ‘ignoring’ plea not to sign EU-Colombia trade deal
16-Sep-2014 Irish Examiner
Aid agencies and human rights groups want Ireland to stall on signing the EU free trade agreement with Colombia which they say will put that country’s oppressed agricultural communities in peril and undermine its fragile peace process.
Irish regulator: put derivatives on TTIP agenda
9-Jul-2014 Hedge Funds Review
The Central Bank of Ireland’s markets director believes TTIP is the ideal forum to iron out differences over substituted compliance and establish agreement on monitoring and data collection systems
Americans hopeful Ireland can help move EU-US free-trade deal forward
17-Jan-2013
American government officials say they are hopeful talks aimed at securing an EU-US trade agreement will gain momentum under Ireland’s presidency of the European Council but they admit some issues, such as genetically modified crops, are likely to prove difficult during negotiations.
Irish fear big losses on Mercosur beef deal
26-Jul-2011
The EU’s trade chief, Karel De Gucht, has said the European Commission remains supportive of a trade agreement with South America’s Mercosur beef trading states despite Irish opposition to a deal.
Ireland anticipates rejection of EU/Mercosur trade accord on beef
8-Jul-2011
The Irish government is expecting a report from the European Commission setting out the economic impact on Eire of a potential trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur.
Free Trade Deal To Boost Irish Exports To Asia
18-Sep-2010
A landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed this week in Brussels will boost Irish exports to Asia, according to the Minister for Trade and Commerce, Billy Kelleher TD.