European Union, China Sign Agriculture Cooperation Plan
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The European Union, which tied with the U.S. as the world’s biggest farm-product exporter in 2011, signed a plan on cooperating in agriculture with China, the leading global consumer of grains and cotton.
The accord was signed today in Beijing by EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos and Han Changfu, China’s minister for agriculture, the European Commission said today on its website. The plan is intended to address issues including food security and the environment, with a goal of enhancing trade relations and sustainability, it said.