Archive
The EU-Mercosur deal – don’t sweat the sweet stuff
By Marie van Raemdonck, ESRA Executive Director[more]
ESRA study outlines the challenges faced by EU cane sugar refiners
The European Sugar Refineries Association has recently produced a study which aims to shed some light on the challenges faced by EU cane sugar refiners.[more]
Towards a truly global EU-Mexico deal – the role of sugar
by Marie van Raemdonck, ESRA Executive Director[more]
ESRA and CIUS call for access to sugar in EU-Mercosur free trade agreement
The current EU trade agenda shows a level of ambition and leadership never seen before, as Europe takes on the mantle of global champion of free trade. Ongoing negotiations with Mercosur could well lead to the most valuable free...[more]
Commission reports that trade agreements deliver tangible benefits to agriculture
Overview of recently published European Commission report on the implementation of FTAs[more]
EU-Mercosur negotiations advancing with a goal to finish by the end of 2017
Update after the 6 - 10 November negotiating round[more]
Fake News from EU Beet Sugar Producers
Mud sticks. That is why, on 3 July 2017, you – CEFS, CIBE, ePURE & EFFAT – jointly wrote a passionate and emotive defence of your sector that was based on fake, misleading and unsubstantiated alternative “facts”. You know...[more]
European Commission releases agri-food export data
European Commission, 26 June 2017 - figures presented show growth in sugar imports and exports.[more]
EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Hogan confident on Mercosur trade deal amid Brazilian meat scandal
Farmers Journal, 12 June 2017 - A recent EU audit into Brazilian meat exports showed that beef, horse meat and poultry were contaminated. Amid the controversy, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan...[more]
ESRA and six other EU associations oppose temporary market management measures for sugar
Brussels, 25 April 2017 - The EU sugar sector faces its biggest change in decades. On 1 October 2017 EU sugar production quotas will end. At this sensitive and uncertain time, the European Commission has proposed...[more]