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Event Chaired By Clare MEP To Hear Ireland Will Lose Out From Mercosur Deal
A Clare MEP claims the Irish beef sector and the environment will be among the biggest losers of a highly controversial EU trade deal. The EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement, which was agreed in principle last December, would remove import duties on 91% of EU imports from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, while allowing 99,000 tonnes of beef from these countries into the EU each year. An event entitled 'Mercosur - The Implications for Ireland' is taking place at the Radisson Blu Hotel on the Ennis Road on the Clare-Limerick border tonight at 8pm and will feature the Director of Meat Industry Ireland, Dale Crammond. Scariff-based Independent MEP Michael McNamara, who's chairing tonight's event, says there's very little in it for Ireland.
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