Moscow pork embargo causes havoc in Brussels

The European Commission ordered EU member states to stop holding bilateral agreements with Russia over the pork trade and threatened to complain to the World Trade Organization, claiming that a Russian embargo on European pork was unwarranted.

According to EurActiv, France, Denmark and the Netherlands were the countries who had established such agreements with Russia.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: On-going discussions with Russian Federation on ban of EU pig meat - Statement by Health Commissioner, Tonio Borg http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-on-going-discussions-with-russian-federation-on-ban-of-eu-pig-meat-statement-by-health-commissioner-tonio-borg/

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