Russia has threatened to ban all imports of EU animal products from 1 January, citing health and safety worries arising from swine fever in Bulgaria and Romania, with the fresh trade dispute unfolding just as the EU is neck-deep in a Polish-Russia meat trade row.
"They have raised concerns arising from the circulation of animal products in the EU following enlargement," commission spokesman Philip Tod told EUobserver on Tuesday (21 November). "But we have taken all the necessary transi...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.