The European Commissioner for Agriculture has assured Irish farmers that the European Commission will protect them from the impact of UK tariffs.
When asked by Irish Farmers Journal editor Justin McCarthy at the Navigating Global Trade conference if he could give farmers assurances that the Commission would put in place the tools that would nullify the impact of tariffs, Commissioner Phil Hogan said “that’s exactly what our intention is”.
“We are confident that we will have the necessary tools to help our farmers in our market situation as well as in our income situation,” he said.
Tariffs
The Commissioner's comments come days after the UK announced a tariff regime, which if implemented could cost Ireland's agri-food sector hundreds of millions of euros.
He said one never knows when the UK might have an eleventh hour conversion to a deal.
“I hope they come on board, we’ve had enough instability and uncertainty. It’s beggars belief that the UK and its public representatives still don’t understand that the EU works together,” he said.
Tools
The Commissioner outlined in his speech seven or eight tools available that would be mobilised to help farmers in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
“We’re not going to find ourselves in a situation talking at a time where we don’t know the political outcome of the negotiations, we don’t know what the tariff schedules are going to be in spite of the efforts by the UK to try and frighten people this week and I think that farmers need the assurances that these are just proposals.
“This is only the start of a process and their market situation will be underpinned by market measures in the same way that we’ve done in the past,” he said.
The Navigating Global Trade Conference is brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal and Grant Thornton and is supported by the European Commission. This is a citizen’s dialogue event.
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The European Commissioner for Agriculture has assured Irish farmers that the European Commission will protect them from the impact of UK tariffs.
When asked by Irish Farmers Journal editor Justin McCarthy at the Navigating Global Trade conference if he could give farmers assurances that the Commission would put in place the tools that would nullify the impact of tariffs, Commissioner Phil Hogan said “that’s exactly what our intention is”.
“We are confident that we will have the necessary tools to help our farmers in our market situation as well as in our income situation,” he said.
Tariffs
The Commissioner's comments come days after the UK announced a tariff regime, which if implemented could cost Ireland's agri-food sector hundreds of millions of euros.
He said one never knows when the UK might have an eleventh hour conversion to a deal.
“I hope they come on board, we’ve had enough instability and uncertainty. It’s beggars belief that the UK and its public representatives still don’t understand that the EU works together,” he said.
Tools
The Commissioner outlined in his speech seven or eight tools available that would be mobilised to help farmers in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
“We’re not going to find ourselves in a situation talking at a time where we don’t know the political outcome of the negotiations, we don’t know what the tariff schedules are going to be in spite of the efforts by the UK to try and frighten people this week and I think that farmers need the assurances that these are just proposals.
“This is only the start of a process and their market situation will be underpinned by market measures in the same way that we’ve done in the past,” he said.
The Navigating Global Trade Conference is brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal and Grant Thornton and is supported by the European Commission. This is a citizen’s dialogue event.
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