date:Mar 27, 2013
oad a deal as possible to deliver strong economic growth.
The negotiating mandate proposed by the European Commission, which has kept its contents secret, must be approved by EU governments before the talks can start and agricultural trade is seen as a contentious issue.
Rukwied said he did not expect free trade to open the way for hormone-treated U.S. meat or genetically-modified (GM) foods into Europe.
Germany has an agricultural trade deficit with the United States, the association calcula