Planas values cooperation with China to minimize tariffs on pork

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has valued the "good technical and diplomatic cooperation" between Spain and China to achieve "minimizing" the impact of the definitive tariffs imposed by the Asian country on the entry of European pork over the next five years. In statements to the media before closing the I National Congress of Fisheries, the minister has admitted that the 9.8% tariff finally imposed on most Spanish pork exporting companies is "an acceptable and more favorable figure" than initially expected. The companies have maintained "total" transparency and Spain is a country that "inspires confidence," which has led China to make this less burdensome decision. For Planas, the Spanish pork sector has achieved "an element of stability for the next five years" in a "priority" market and that is ...