Faroese PM Presses Von der Leyen on Salmon Tariffs, Comes Away Empty-Handed
The Faroe Islands' push for better EU market access for processed seafood ran into diplomatic reality this week, as Prime Minister Beinir Johannesen's face-to-face appeal to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen produced no concrete movement on the tariff structure Faroese industry says is holding back domestic salmon processing.
The meeting took place in Nuuk, Greenland, on September 7 — not Brussels — on the sidelines of von der Leyen's two-day visit to sign a new EU-Greenland partnership declaration alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette...
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