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Trade Minister Don Farrell declares he could ’walk away’ from lucrative EU trade deal amid tense negotiations
7-Jun-2023 Sky
As trade negotiations in Brussels heat up, Australia and the European Union are still yet to overcome major impasses over naming rights of beloved products and market access.
German FM calls Brazil to align more with the West
7-Jun-2023 Euractiv
The still not yet ratified EU-Mercosur trade deal could be among the main keys to the rapprochement of like-minded democratic states as it would “make it clear that democracies when they work together, can solve global challenges,” said German Foreign Minister.
EU, Mercosur will ’take time’ to conclude trade deal, says French official
7-Jun-2023 Buenos Aires Times
French government official says European Union and Mercosur both want to "take their time" to finalise trade deal.
LEAK: EU to prioritise Mercosur deal, establish closer ties with Latin America
7-Jun-2023 Euractiv
The EU will prioritise concluding a long-delayed trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc and closer institutional cooperation as it seeks new allies to reduce economic dependencies on China and counter Russia.
The trade minister for Indonesia argued that Europe was discriminating and frequently looked for conflict with Indonesia
7-Jun-2023 CNBC Indonesia
Zulkifli Hasan, the minister of trade, said frankly that recent difficulties have made cooperation with the EU challenging. As a result, he acknowledged that he was developing a plan to predict how the EU would act.
Trade chief to fly to Brussels to bat for PH-EU free trade deal
6-Jun-2023 ABS CBN
Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual will be in Brussels this month to continue talks on the Philippines’ trade with the European Union and the country’s bid to have a free trade deal with the EU.
India plans to challenge EU carbon tax at WTO
5-Jun-2023 Reuters
The exporters’ body warned the EU plan could make India’s free trade agreements with other countries and a proposed pact with the EU "redundant" as the prices of many exporters’ goods would rise.
"The EU Agreement doesn’t favor Moroccan growers"
5-Jun-2023 Horti Daily
The objective was the agricultural development of Morocco’s rural population and traditional farmers. It’s been a fallacy because the rural population hasn’t developed and Moroccan farmers haven’t improved their situation.
Palm oil dispute won’t have bearing on Indonesia, Malaysia EU trade talks, minister says
5-Jun-2023 Reuters
A dispute between the European Union and major palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia over a new deforestation law will have no bearing on the two countries’ stalled negotiations with the bloc on free trade agreements, a Malaysian minister said.
Australia trade minister heads to Europe aiming to seal EU-FTA
2-Jun-2023 BNN Bloomberg
Australia’s Trade Minister Don Farrell will head to Brussels for the final rounds of negotiations on a free trade agreement with the European Union, which both sides signaled may be completed by the end of the European summer.
EU, US to weigh China, AI, trade strains at high-level Sweden talks
31-May-2023 Reuters
Top US and European Union officials meet to weigh how best to deal with China and cooperate on artificial intelligence and other future technology as well as EU complaints about Trump-era tariffs and US green subsidies.
Lula pledges to defend SMEs in EU-Mercosur deal
30-May-2023 MercoPress
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted that his government’s purchases were “non-negotiable” and promised not to give in because it would entail killing the possibility of growth of small and medium-sized companies.
NGOs urge EU not to ratify damaging trade agreement with the Mercosur block on back of new deforestation law
24-May-2023 Alianza Cero Deforestacion
50 environmental and human rights groups from around the world expressed grave concern that the EU will use its new deforestation regulation to ratify the trade deal with Mercosur.
Philippines looks on resumption of FTA talks with EU
23-May-2023 Xinhua Net
The Philippines is pursuing the resumption of free trade negotiations with the European Union (EU) to secure additional duty-free market access, and provide a conducive framework for attracting more significant investments from the EU.
An attack on democracy: new legal analysis on splitting of EU-Mercosur deal
19-May-2023 Seattle to Brussels Network
A new legal analysis lifts the lid on an attempt by the European Commission to “split” the EU-Mercosur trade deal, in order to approve the ‘trade’ part of the deal without the unanimous support of EU member states and without national ratification by parliaments throughout the EU.
Indonesia, EU complete 14th IEU-CEPA negotiations round
15-May-2023 Tempo.co English
Indonesia and the EU successfully completed the 14th round of the CEPA negotiation in Brussels, Belgium, from May 8–12, 2023 and managed to achieve significant progress on the development of the agreement in the negotiation round.
Solidarity, equality, cooperation and sustainable trade: an alternative to the EU-Mercosur trade agreement
10-May-2023 S2B Network
We firmly believe that the countries of the Mercosur and the EU need to improve and transform their relationship.
Ukraine lodges protest to Poland and EU over restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural products
9-May-2023 Yahoo
Kyiv has lodged an official protest to Poland and the European Union over imposing restrictions on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products contrary to the Association Agreement.
EU mulls partial exit from energy treaty over climate concerns
9-May-2023 Reuters
The European Union is considering a proposal to quit an international energy treaty that has become mired in climate change concerns, but leave an option for individual countries to stay in an updated version of the accord, a document showed.
Brazil, Spain want EU-Mercosur deal by end of the year
27-Apr-2023 Buenos Aires Times
Leaders of Brazil and Spain hope long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur trade bloc can be finalised by the end of the year.