UK News 02-11-1999 Beef War Latest who: European scientists what: Failed to agree if British beef is safe where: Brussels when: Yesterday snippet: A swift end to the Anglo-French trade war seems unlikely, reports The Guardian today, after European scientists failed yesterday to agree whether of not British beef is safe to eat. "They are expected to resume their meeting in Brussels today in what looks an increasingly fraught attempt to decide whether the continuing French ban on British beef exports is justified." Meanwhile back in the UK, the BBC reports that "Tony Blair wants the European Commission to take immediate legal action to force France to lift the ban" under pressure from the National Farmers` Union whose president Ben Gill had this message for the government: "Through no fault of their own, British farming is being crushed because exports are being made uncompetitive, while the home market is being swamped by cheaper imports." [... more]

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