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"This afternoon, we have voted in favour of the report on an autonomous tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef. While the jargon may be slightly evocative at first glance, it is essential in that it – finally – puts an end to the war on hormone-treated beef. This will come as a relief to European consumers, farmers and distributors, putting an end to 20 years of trade disputes between the old and new continent. Condemned by the World Trade Organisation for refusing to import hormone-treated beef from the United States and Canada, and subjected to trade retaliation measures costing millions of euro each year, the European Union has always refused to abandon its principles, believing that European consumers should not be misled about the quality of imported meat.
Thanks to this agreement, the sanctions will be lifted once and for all in exchange for import quotas for guaranteed hormone-free, high-quality US and Canadian beef. This is a win-win solution for both European and US farmers and consumers and will remove hormone-treated beef from our plates for good."@en1
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