ISDS Case Map
Mercosur
Activists staged a dramatic protest outside the European Commission in Brussels on Monday (24 November), targeting the controversial European Union-Mercosur trade deal.
European farmers will mobilise on 24 November in Strasbourg from 11am in support of an MEP initiative to request a CJEU opinion on the EU-Mercosur FTA.
UAE advances CEPA talks with the EU, Japan, Nigeria and Mercosur as non-oil trade reaches $727bn in first nine months of 2025.
A bid by the centre-right European People’s Party to fast-track additional safeguards linked to the EU-Mercosur trade deal collapsed during a meeting of political group chairs, according to multiple parliamentary officials.
A draft resolution opposing the Mercosur trade agreement has been blocked on procedural grounds, sparking parliamentarians' anger and putting the deal’s ratification process off to a tense start.
The South American trading bloc includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia.
The fourth stage of discussions for a free trade agreement will conclude on Friday (7 November) at the headquarters of Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brasília.
Almost 60 MEPs are to jointly table a motion for a resolution to seek an opinion from the Court of Justice of the EU (CEJU) on the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement.
Forty-four French farmers’ organisations have signed an open letter urging President Emmanuel Macron to “clarify” France’s stance and take action to block the South American Mercosur trade agreement, which they regard as both unfair and even dangerous.
Although the European Commission presents these clauses as a safety mechanism to protect farmers, they are designed never to be activated.
