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Farmers balk at prospect of EU-Mercosur free trade deal
The trade agreement could get the green light next week's G20 summit in Brazil, but the prospect has triggered discontent among farmers.
EU-Mercosur trade deal likely to fail both consumers and farmers on sustainability goals
The deal is likely to fail to safeguard consumer interests and align with the EU’s sustainability goals.
Climate Hypocrisy ahead of G20: New report exposes the dangers of Milei’s climate-wrecking economic reforms and why the EU-Mercosur trade deal should finally be dropped
A new report uncovers the climate-wrecking economic shock plans by Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei, and how the EU-Mercosur trade deal risks fueling Argentina’s social-ecological crisis and climate-breakdown.
French farmers protest EU-Mercosur deal that will increase South American imports
French farmers have protested against a trade deal that would increase agricultural imports from South America, saying it hurt their livelihoods.
EU, Mercosur eye early-December trade deal — to France’s dismay
Even as farmers protest, France will find it hard to stop the deal with South America.
The EU says it won’t renew a fishing agreement with Senegal criticized by many in the country
Many local fishermen say they can’t compete with the foreign industrial trawlers and barely catch enough fish to make a living.
Statement by the ETUC and the CCSCS regarding the possible conclusion of negotiations on the EU-MERCOSUR Association Agreement
The ETUC and the Coordinator of Trade Unions of the Southern Cone reiterate our rejection of the EU-MERCOSUR Association Agreement as it stands today.
SCC to stop choosing EU-seated arbitration centres
Six years after Achmea, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce will now hear investment disputes outside the European Union.
France seeks to rope in Poland to block Mercosur trade deal
France is hoping to persuade Poland into joining forces to block a trade deal between the European Union and Latin America’s Mercosur bloc that’s been a quarter of a century in the making.
This is what the ECJ said on trade in Western Sahara
WSRW has summarised the key findings of the landmark rulings on Western Sahara of the EU Court of Justice, of 4 October 2024.