French minister on British beef boycott

Title

French minister on British beef boycott

Genre

Interview

TX Date

31 May 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:37

Description

French agriculture minister Dominic Barbin admits if the European Commission had made an order rather than just a recommendation that France lift a boycott on British beef over BSE fears they would have accepted it. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Dominic Barbin

Keywords

EEC; Farming; UK; France; Beef; International trade; Food safety; Beef industry; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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