Europe’s top food and drink CEOs gather in Dublin to discuss Brexit strategy
Industry leaders call for a comprehensive free trade agreement between the EU27 and the UK post-Brexit
Print28 April 2017
Enterprise Ireland and Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group that represents the sector, welcomed the visit of the board of FoodDrinkEurope, the EU organisation for the food and drink industry, to Dublin yesterday.
The meeting of top European agri-food CEOs, followed an invitation by Enterprise Ireland, which is responsible for the attraction of food-related Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland.
The two day itinerary includes meetings with An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor and Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, Michael Creed as well as with the leaders of many Irish and global food companies and food R&D organisations.
Speaking in advance of the meeting, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny said it was a testament to the strength of Ireland’s indigenous food and drink industry that the FoodDrinkEurope board chose to conduct their meeting here.
Ahead of the meeting, FDI and FoodDrinkEurope jointly called for discussions on the future EU-UK trading relationship to be commenced early in the negotiating process of Brexit. They want to secure a number of key points. Namely, an ambitious and balanced EU27 – UK agreement including a frictionless north-south border on the island of Ireland; clear transitional arrangements supportive of EU27 -UK supply chains; and minimal regulatory divergence.
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