The future prospect of cheaper imports of
South American beef threatening the Irish beef industry has been alleviated for
the moment. So says the Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness who echoed comments
made earlier in the week by the Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan. Commissioner Hogan told farmers in Wales that beef would be ‘off the
menu’ and would be withdrawn from trade negotiations with the Mercosur group of
South American countries. But Mairead McGuinness is warning the ongoing
EU-Mercosur trade talks have to be monitored closely to ensure beef doesn’t go
back onto the menu.

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