ISDS Case Map
Mercosur
Canada and South American bloc Mercosur will resume negotiations for a free-trade agreement, Brasilia and Ottawa announced.
The agreement with South America’s Mercosur bloc is likely to run into huge political opposition in countries like France.
Vietnam and Brazil have taken a significant step toward launching free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, following a telephone conversation between Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Nguyen Hong Dien, and Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira.
Poland's newly appointed agriculture minister Stefan Krajewski hopes to gather a blocking minority among EU countries to prevent the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur countries.
Canada's International Trade Minister said that there was interest from both sides to advance trade talks with South American bloc Mercosur, as Ottawa seeks new deals in a push to diversify from the US.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced that during Brazil's rotating presidency of Mercosur (Southern Common Market), Brazil will resume negotiations to finalize a free trade agreement with Indonesia.
The European Union plans to offer political "safeguards" to ease French concerns over a trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc.
The agreement reached by the EU and the Mercosur countries has been reviewed by the European Commission’s legal service and translated, but its submission to the Member States for ratification has been put on hold.
The European Free Trade Association has clinched a trade agreement with Mercosur, while the EU’s own trade agreement with Mercosur has been delayed.
We, the undersigned organisations representing the diverse interests of European farmers and agricultural workers – COPA-COGECA, CEJA, ECVC and EFFAT – urge you to firmly oppose the conclusion of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement in its current form.
