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European Commission publishes final sustainability impact assessment and position paper on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement
29-Mar-2021 European Commission
The European Commission published the final version of the Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) on the potential economic, social, environmental and human rights impact of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.
EU trade deal set to increase harmful meat imports
24-Mar-2021 Friends of the Earth Europe
The EU plans to increase the number of destructive products on supermarket shelves with the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal, reveals a report.
Ombudsman: Sustainability assessment should have been completed before EU-Mercosur trade deal agreed by negotiators
19-Mar-2021 EU Reporter
The European Commission should have concluded an updated sustainability impact assessment before the EU-Mercosur trade deal was agreed, an inquiry by European Ombudsman has found.
Stop EU-Mercosur coalition statement
15-Mar-2021 Stop EU Mercosur
More than 450 organizations launch a joint statement calling on governments to stop the EU-Mercosur agreement.
Austria reaffirms its veto of the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur
8-Mar-2021 Inspired Traveler
Austria reaffirmed its veto of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, and asked Portugal to avoid any “possible attempt” to the pact enters into force in its current form.
Political commitments not enough to ratify EU-Mercosur deal, says French minister
4-Mar-2021 Euractiv
Mere “political commitments” will not be enough to ratify the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur countries, a French cabinet minister said.
Brazil again pushes for loosening of Mercosur trade deal rules
1-Mar-2021 Buenos Aires Times
Brazil wants to alter the rules of the Mercosur trade bloc to make it more flexible, so that each country can independently negotiate trade agreements with other nations.
EU farmers call for coherence amid Mercosur deal and climate action
22-Feb-2021 AgriLand
An EU-Mercosur deal would be potentially detrimental to European farmers’ stability, EU farm organisation CEJA has warned.
Front of Brazilian civil society organizations against the Mercosur-EU agreement
12-Feb-2021
The undersigned Brazilian civil society organizations are expressing their opposition to signing the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union.
Norway must say no to the Mercosur agreement
9-Feb-2021 Handelskampanjen
Joint statement from several civil society organizations and farmers’ associations with requirements for the Mercosur agreement.
EU-Mercosur free-trade pact risks irreversible destruction
9-Feb-2021 Social Europe
With environment issues rising quickly up the EU agenda, it’s time to get trade and ecological policies into coherent alignment.
Working document on the draft EU-Mercosur Association Agreement
2-Feb-2021 Fern
The following avenues can be envisaged to address the concerns raised by the draft EU-Mercosur agreement.
S. Korea vows to speed up trade talks with Central, South America in 2021
29-Jan-2021 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea’s trade ministry vowed to make more progress in expanding trade pacts with counterparts from Central and South America this year, in line with its efforts to diversify its export portfolio amid the growing protectionism around the globe.
Drystock farmers to lose out to increased imports in EU plans for 12 trade agreements
28-Jan-2021 Irish Examiner
It is envisaged sheep meat imports from Australia and New Zealand would result in sheep prices in the EU falling by 1.9% to 3.1%.
US assesses potential losses in agricultural exports to EU if the Mercosur deal is finally ratifies
11-Jan-2021 MercoPress
Analysis by the United States Department of Agriculture point out that the country has US$ 4 billion in agricultural exports that may be affected to some extent by the European Union-Mercosur trade deal.
Portugal aims to seal EU-Mercosur trade agreement, progress on other deals
8-Jan-2021 Euractiv
Portugal will try to conclude a free-trade agreement between the EU and the South American trade bloc Mercosur during its six-month EU presidency, and attempt to expand Europe’s ties with other potential trade partners.
EU will be asked to ratify Mercosur deal in New Year
16-Dec-2020 Irish Examiner
At least nine EU countries want the trade deal with South America.
Argentina: Mercosur will address EU environment concerns
15-Dec-2020 AP
South America’s Mercosur countries will address environmental concerns raised by the European Union that have stalled ratification of a free trade deal between the two trade blocs, Argentina’s foreign minister said.
Deal with climate change, not climate deniers: How the EU-Mercosur trade deal threatens the environment and human rights
14-Dec-2020 Friends of the Earth Europe
This trade agreement aims to boost an export-oriented agricultural model that harms small-scale farmers, indigenous peoples, traditional and rural communities, in Mercosur and EU countries.
The EU-Mercosur agreement: increasing pesticide use and GMOs, and undermining healthy food production and standards
8-Dec-2020 IATP
The EU-Mercosur agreement is inconsistent with the EU’s recently announced Farm-to-Fork Strategy, which aims to dramatically reduce pesticide use and completely ban any residue on food of pesticides not registered for use in the EU.