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Ireland and France furious with EU over plan to import more beef from Brazil
4-Oct-2017 Daily Express
The European Union (EU) is facing a stinging attack from Ireland and France after Europe moved to open up the lucrative beef market to Brazil.
La filière viande demande l’exclusion totale de la viande bovine de cet accord
2-Oct-2017 Web Agri
Interbev et la FNB s’offusquent de la proposition de la Commission européenne d’octroyer un contingent tarifaire annuel de 70 000 tonnes de viande bovine dans le cadre des négociations commerciales avec les pays du Mercosur.
EU-Mercosur trade agreement would harm user rights and the commons
23-Sep-2017 Creative Commons
The EU-Mercosur FTA is expansive, addressing trade in industrial and agricultural goods as well as intellectual property provisions such as copyrights and patents.
The MERCOSUR Protocol on Investment Cooperation and Facilitation: regionalizing an innovative approach to investment agreements
12-Sep-2017 EJIL: Talk!
The Protocol draws significantly on the Brazilian model investment agreement, which stands out for departing from the traditional design of Bilateral Investment Treaties, particularly by excluding the possibility of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS).
Brazil tells the EU ‘it won’t move’ on Mercosur talks without ethanol and beef
12-Sep-2017 EurActiv
Brazil insists that it will not table a new offer as part of the ongoing EU-Mercosur talks until a proposal on beef and ethanol is on the table.
MERCOSUR threatens feed-in industries, vehicles: Industry Minister rules out possibility
12-Sep-2017 Daily News Egypt
The agreements will force global companies to exclude us from manufacturing: Masrouga
Mercosur nations prioritise end-of-year EU trade deal
25-Jul-2017 EurActiv
At its biannual summit last week, South American trade bloc Mercosur confirmed that it intends to finalise an agreement with the EU by the end of the year. But experts warn that this timeframe might be too ambitious for a full-blown deal. EURACTIV Spain reports.
Commission publishes reports following negotiation rounds with Mexico and Mercosur
20-Jul-2017 European Commission
The Commission has just published reports summarising the progress made during the latest negotiating rounds for the EU-Mexico and EU-Mercosur trade agreements.
Mercosur – EU joint communique, XXVIII negotiating round
10-Jul-2017 European Commission
A negotiating round took place in Brussels on 3-7 July between the European Union and Mercosur.
New trade deals jeopardise EU green transport goals, NGO warns
7-Jul-2017 EurActiv
Upcoming free trade deals with biofuel-producing countries in Asia and South America will undermine the European Union’s goals to decarbonise the transport sector.
Free trade deals ‘at all cost’ frustrate Spanish farmers
6-Jul-2017 EurActiv
Spain’s agricultural sector is concerned about free trade negotiations between the European Union and third parties. The agreement with Canada (CETA) and ongoing talks with South American trade bloc Mercosur are raising doubts in the Iberian countryside.
US Brazilian beef ban casts doubt on Mercusor trade agreement
27-Jun-2017 Farmers Weekly
A move by the US Department of Agriculture to ban imports of fresh Brazilian beef has added weight to calls to remove agriculture from a free trade agreement between the EU and countries in the Mercosur trading-bloc.
EFTA and MERCOSUR hold first round of negotiations
23-Jun-2017 EFTA
After four days of discussions, the 1st Round of Negotiations between the MERCOSUR and the EFTA States on a Free Trade Agreement was successfully concluded.
Brazilian meat industry corruption raises Mercosur concerns
13-Jun-2017 Farmers Weekly
A two-year investigation found evidence some meat-processing plants in Brazil had been selling rotten beef and poultry on to the export market by bribing health inspectors and politicians to get the necessary paperwork.
Argentina’s congress ratifies Mercosur-Egypt agreement
26-May-2017 ANBA
Argentina was the only signatory country that hadn’t yet ratified the free trade agreement, which can now go into effect.
Canada seeks to expand trade with MERCOSUR
3-May-2017 Prensa Latina
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’’s Government is debating the most essential issues for a free trade agreement with the Southern Common Market.
EU-Mercosur FTA - draft annex on motor vehicles and equipment and parts thereof (EU proposal, Apr 2017)
11-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Mercosur FTA - draft chapter on transparency (EU proposal, Mar 2017)
11-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Mercosur FTA - draft chapter on trade in goods (EU proposal, Apr 2017)
11-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Mercosur FTA - draft chapter on trade and sustainable development (EU proposal, Apr 2017)
11-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission