If the US dropped the demand for hormone fed beef access, a trade deal with the UK could be negotiated quite quickly in 2025.
SUBSCRIBER ONLYShadow Farming Minister Robbie Moore speaks to Peter McCann about inheritance tax and farm policy changes since Brexit.
If the US drops its insistence on hormone-fed beef getting access to the UK as part of a trade deal, it would be a real game-changer.
The Mercosur deal announced last week is the same as the one announced in 2019 with an additional environmental and sustainability dimension.
The new agriculture commissioner suggested that the EU will not need to use to emergency import stop for beef Mercosur imports if the deal passes.
Adam Woods reports from Brussels, where a flash protest on the Mercosur trade deal took place on Monday morning.
A quarter of a century has passed since the negotiations between the EU and Mercosur countries began, but the finishing line is in sight.
French farmers protest and Friends of the Earth Ireland urge Irish political leaders to reject any Mercosur deal.
Trade access to US markets and the tax bonanza are under threat with the focus on protectionism in the recent US election.
EU enthusiasm for getting Mercosur trade deal approved means that deals could be done to overcome opposition.