Agreement Shortly Before Conclusion: Europeans Send Trump a Clear Signal with Their Mercosur Final Sprint

n-tv.de

Lean Right

Factuality

Ownership

The EU's agreement with the Mercosur states is on the right track. Politically, the conclusion would be a milestone, especially now that Trump is targeting South and Central America, and it would be a rejection of the new rules that the US President wants to put in place for the world.

La Croix

Factuality

Ownership

Years of negotiations, political upheavals and trade union battles: the EU-Mercosur agreement is about to be voted on by the Member States on Friday 9 January, an economic agreement against which France remains firmly opposed, under pressure from its farmers.

Kurier

Factuality

Ownership

After more than 25 years of negotiations, a breakthrough in the EU-Mercosur trade agreement with the South American states is emerging.

Rzeczpospolita

Factuality

Ownership

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to fly to Paraguay on Monday to sign a free trade agreement with South American countries that has been negotiated for a quarter of a century.

woxx.lu

Factuality

Ownership

The majority in the EU Council seems to be secure and the EU Commission is optimistic: after 25 years, the free trade text could be signed next week.

vienna.at

suedtirolnews.it

View article

Reposted by

suedtirolnews.it

Factuality

Ownership

After more than 25 years of negotiations, a breakthrough in the EU-Mercosur trade agreement with the South American states is emerging: EU ambassadors are expected to vote in Brussels on Friday with the necessary majority to allow Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to sign the agreement on January 12 in Paraguay. Austria is bound by a parliamentary resolution to veto the agreement and is expected to vote against it or abstain.