ISDS Case Map
EU
European Union
Proponents argue the agreement would provide an alternative to Beijing's export controls and Washington's tariff policies. Critics warn it would weaken environmental regulations and damage the EU's agricultural sector.
To be more explicit, predatory practices have always existed and are becoming more pronounced, solely for the benefit of the king and his oligarchs, who are imposing an agro-export model that is disastrous for the population and the environment. Large retailers in France and Europe also play very damaging role: that of importing tomatoes produced… in the middle of the desert.
Farmers from Mig, AbL, FUGEA, Boerenforum, and La Confédération Paysanne gathered at this key hub for international trade with a common message that firmly rejects the EU-Mercosur treaty.
The EU institutions agreed to strengthen protections for European farmers under a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc, in an eleventh-hour push to rally heavyweights France and Italy into backing the controversial pact.
Signing the EU-Mercosur deal in the following days is "premature," Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said during an address to the Italian parliament in Rome.
The report details how digital trade rules, such as so-called “source code protection” provisions threaten to override ambitious right to repair laws now advancing in both the United States and European Union.
The European Parliament voted to tighten additional protections on the EU’s trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc, opening the way for talks with member countries that will need to find a rapid compromise to finally get the deal done.
Cambodia has applied to join the trans-Pacific free trade pact, officials from member countries.
Italy and France want a final European Union vote on the Mercosur trade deal to be delayed, two sources familiar with the discussions said, a move which risks derailing an accord that has taken 25 years to negotiate.
France has urged the European Union to postpone a vote on a trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur, saying conditions are not yet in place for an agreement.
