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EU seeks to conclude trade negotiation with Indonesia before 2024 elections
Seeking to avoid the fiasco of finalizing negotiations during next year’s elections in Indonesia, the European Union wants to conclude trade negotiations by the end of this year, while its more controversial deforestation policy, which could hammer Indonesia’s palm oil industry, continues to cast a heavy pall in Jakarta.
Kenya signs trade deal with European Union to safeguard exports
Kenya on Monday signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union
The EU-Mercosur annex: a greenwashing exercise
Friends of the Earth Europe commissioned a legal analysis of the European Commission’s additional environmental protocol which demonstrates that it is a mere greenwash, only offering cosmetic and unenforceable adjustments.
EU agrees trade deal with Kenya as Brussels aims to boost Africa ties
The EU has agreed a trade deal with Kenya, marking an important step in Brussels’ efforts to boost economic relations with Africa.
Joint press release on the meeting between President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador
To develop a deeper political, trade and cooperation partnership, President López Obrador and President von der Leyen concurred on the importance of the draft modernised Global Agreement and agreed to expedite negotiations with a view to finalise the agreement before the end of the year.
France’s Lower House votes against EU-Mercosur FTA
The bill is asking the Executive to refuse to sign the pact, as well as supporting its possible suspension in case the environmental conditions established in the Paris Agreement are not respected.
Korea seeks digital trade pact with EU
Korea will push to clinch a bilateral pact on digital trade with the European Union to facilitate trade in the digital realm and to enhance industry cooperation, the industry ministry said.
Indonesia accuses EU of ’regulatory imperialism’ with Deforestation Law
Indonesia sees the European Union as conducting "regulatory imperialism" with its new deforestation law, but both sides would still engage in talks on a free trade deal, an Indonesian minister said.
S. Korea calls for non-discriminatory application of EU acts
South Korea called on the European Union to ensure its new acts on batteries, critical minerals and net-zero goals are not discriminatory against foreign companies, as the two sides seek to enhance trade and industry ties, Seoul’s industry ministry said.
Analysis: Spain hatches plan to win Macron over to EU-Mercosur trade pact
The Spanish Prime Minister will attempt to persuade the French President the Mercosur pact would help the EU to broaden its alliances with other open, democratic nations and to "rebalance" the geopolitical map.
EU warns against adjusting Mercosur trade deal
The European Commission said it would be unwise to renegotiate parts of its proposed free trade agreement with Brazil and other countries of the Mercosur bloc, given it took two decades to reach an initial deal.
The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, its impacts on agriculture
The EU will import more meat and other agricultural products - with them, emissions, deforestation, soil contamination and human rights abuses - while endangering local farmers’ livelihoods in the Mercosur region and in the European Union.
Trade Minister Don Farrell declares he could ’walk away’ from lucrative EU trade deal amid tense negotiations
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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.