AreaEuropean Union

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityAll

Date01/02/2017

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentFree Trade Agreement

DescriptionSigned the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada that covers nearly all Canada-EU trade, including trade in livestock and livestock products. The European Parliament voted in favour of CETA on 15 February 2017. Under the agreement, the EU will receive unlimited duty-free access to the Canadian market for bovine and pig meat, while Canada will gain duty-free access for bovine meat to the European market through a tariff rate quota (TRQ) totalling almost 50 000 metric tonnes.