EU To Present Mercosur Deal For Member State Approval

Farmers deserve Mercosur deal to be judged on safeguards, not slogans

New text of Mercosur deal will be presented to European commissioners today, and the changes will dictate our next moves

EU to present internal fix to Mercosur trade deal to appease France

BRUSSELS — The European Commission has told Mercosur countries that it will propose an internal workaround to satisfy the demands of France, Poland and Italy to better protect their farmers in a landmark trade deal with the South American bloc, two senior Mercosur diplomats told POLITICO.  These safeguard measures would remain internally on the EU side, the Commission told its Mercosur counterparts on Tuesday, meaning that both sides would not h…

EU plans more trade with S. America as US relations sour

European officials this week plan to review the proposals for deals with Mercosur, Latin America’s biggest trade group, and Mexico.

EU to present Mercosur trade deal for member state approval

Deal is backed by a wide majority of EU countries keen to diversify trade away from the United States, but France remains staunchly opposed.

EU To Present Mercosur Deal For Member State Approval

The European Commission is to present EU countries with the final text of a huge trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur for approval on Wednesday, according to EU sources.