The EU is a decent size but it is also a collection of countries with differing agendas, unlike say China, India, USA. This usually means there has to be lots of meetings about meetings so talks take a long time to conclude.
Ref Poultry Production - the UK is the second biggest producer in Europe and produces over 25% more than in 2000 which is consistent with expanding production near me. I suppose Brits are eating more and more poultry. I rarely eat chicken, certainly factory chicken. I have seen the inside of the factory and the chicken sheds.