Defending Luxembourg farmers in case of market disturbances
Whereas it opens new alternatives, the settlement additionally protects Europe’s farmers:
- It limits the quantity of delicate agri-food merchandise (corresponding to beef, sugar and dairy) that Australia can export to the EU with decrease tariffs, subjecting a few of them to sustainability situations.
- The EU can impose bolstered safeguard measures in case of a surge in imports, together with for probably the most delicate agri-food merchandise imported from Australia.
- No agri-food merchandise from Australia can enter the EU if they don’t respect all of the EU’s excessive well being and security requirements.
