04 January 2015
The Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Christian Schmidt (CSU) .Foto: picture alliance / dpa
In the protection of regional specialties could with give the planned free trade agreement between the EU and the US According to federal Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt changes.
In the protection of regional specialties might According to federal Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt with the proposed free trade agreement between the EU and the USA (TTIP) be changes. “If we want to seize the opportunities of free trade with the huge American market, we can not protect every sausage and each cheese specialty”, the CSU politician told the news magazine “Der Spiegel”.
He considered the current EU rules on regional foods for “very bureaucratic.” The EU also protects those specialties, “whose raw materials are no longer manufactured only in their home regions.” In the US Trade Representative Michael Froman complained at a meeting in Washington with him, says Schmidt. “It would be our American trading partners hard to communicate that they should not export Tyrolean bacon or Dutch Gouda to us, if we would not prevail in Europe itself, the protection consistently.”
criticism comes from the Greens: “With his outspoken remarks can Agriculture Minister Schmidt the cat out of the bag. He admits what the federal government has always denied: TTIP will nullify European consumer protection standards, “criticized the federal leader Simone Peter
This was contradicted by Schmidt on Sunday.” To me it is important that our standards are complied with ourselves so that we can present them with good arguments the Americans as a proposed solution. “That’s what the EU Commission must ensure in the negotiations. But if the abuse taking place in Europe itself and überschwappe in the United States, “our arguments are thin. And I will definitely prevent “, underlined the Minister.
Since July 2013, the EU is negotiating with the US on the” Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership “(TTIP). Consumer advocates criticize the secret negotiations in Brussels and Washington, as well as planned safeguards for corporations. (AP)
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