The EU Council of Ministers has agreed to lift tariff barriers on some agricultural products from Lithuania in preparation for its future accession to the European Union.

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These reforms will come into effect this month and will also lead to Lithuania dropping tariff barriers against EU products.


Lithuania’s tariff drop is the latest in a string of cuts designed to ease eastern European countries into EU protocol.


A statement from the Council said: “These latest negotiations represent the progressive liberalisation of the exchange of agricultural products and places it in the context of the European integration process.”


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