date:Sep 14, 2012
rtunities have a hollow ring.
Hollow ring
The trouble is that although EU exports to Russia (euro 1.8bn) are smaller than those in the other direction (euro 199.5bn), most of the latter comprises oil and gas of combined value euro 154bn, upon which a number of EU states depend. Poor old dairy exports are very small fry in this grand scheme.
For years the Russians have insisted on doing their own audits of EU dairy and meat plants not already on the approved list for the Russian market.
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