ISDS Case Map
France
As Donald Trump launches a full-scale trade war, France wants to replace the United States with other trade partners. Does that mean Paris is ready to accept a massive trade deal between the European Union and South America it has excoriated for years?
The meeting brought together France and other countries that had led opposition to the EU's possible trade deal with Latin America's Mercosur.
Farmers should not be “an adjustment tool for purchasing power … nor an adjustment tool for trade agreements,” French president says.
One of France's largest farmers' unions is seeking guarantees from the prime minister's office that it will defend a form of agriculture focused on protecting small farmers, who say are being crushed by free trade.
France’s Senate has voted to reject the Mercosur free trade agreement between the European Union and South American countries, following a similar vote in the National Assembly, as farmers continue to protest against a deal they say would bring unfair competition.
The Polish government and the French National Assembly have passed resolutions opposing the EU's trade deal with Mercosur, as farmers from both nations have voiced their opposition, which they say will lead to unfair competition for European agriculture.
While Germany and Spain strongly endorse the Mercosur deal, France is trying to rally a blocking minority to halt the agreement. It is hopeful that Italy, Austria, Poland and the Netherlands will join Paris.
French farmers escalated protests against the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement under negotiation, citing fears of unfair competition.
Macron told reporters in Buenos Aires that the EU-Mercosur agreement is "a bad deal" that would be "very harmful for Argentina's reindustrialization" and "harmful for our farmers."
French farmers have protested against a trade deal that would increase agricultural imports from South America, saying it hurt their livelihoods.
