Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)

This is the point the Minister missed repeatedly in the Brazilian debate and in the debate on the ending of battery poultry production and outsourcing chicken imports from China which would be produced to a standard not acceptable in Europe. We are exposing consumers to beef from Brazil, a country where foot and mouth disease is rampant. The same standards do not apply. There is no equivalence. The Minister's failure is to put non-trade issues on the negotiating table for Commissioner Mandelson.

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