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Tractors hit Madrid to protest EU's trade deal with South America
Hundreds of honking tractors rolled into Madrid as Spanish farmers staged a protest against the European Union’s trade deal with four South American countries.
Brazilian lawmakers seek safeguards in Mercosur-EU deal
Brazilian lawmakers want to negotiate safeguards with the federal government to protect local producers from a potential surge in European imports following the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union.
APIB’s political statement on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement and its impact on the rights of indigenous peoples
The Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), the organization that represents nationally and internationally more than 300 indigenous peoples from all regions of Brazil, reaffirms its opposition to the signing and ratification of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
EU Parliament reaches deal on US trade pact
Changes worked into the Parliament’s position set the stage for difficult talks with EU capitals on steel and on the duration of tariff concessions.
EU Parliament moves to protect farmers against Mercosur import surges
The European Parliament has backed new rules allowing the EU to temporarily suspend tariff preferences for certain agricultural imports from Mercosur members Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay if a surge in imports harms EU producers.
Merz in Abu Dhabi touts Germany as reliable investment partner
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wrapped up a three-day tour of the Gulf region in Abu Dhabi by positioning Germany as a reliable investment partner, and eyeing a central role in a potential EU trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
EU courts Gulf countries for free trade deal as Brussels seeks to counter tariffs
The EU's special envoy to the Gulf said it's high time to get a deal done as Brussels looks to bolster business ties with wealthy Arab nations. Free trade talks have stalled for two decades over political disagreements and conditions for market access.
EU-India free trade agreement: Neo-colonialism without colonies
Despite of EU - India FTA rhetoric of partnership, equality, and shared values, the deal reflects a deep power imbalance rooted in a modern form of colonialism—regulatory imperialism. This agreement is not as a true partnership but as a mechanism of neo-colonial control—one that transforms trade into a tool of discipline, not development.
Food is not a commodity: Mobilization in Bizkaia against EU-Mercosur free trade agreement
A caravan of peasant farmers and ranchers with their tractors left from different parts of the province of Bizkaia in Bilbao (Spain) to Bilbao to express their rejection of the free trade policies being promoted by the European Union.
EU-Morocco Statement: autonomy without self-determination, law without lawfulness
A joint statement that came out of last week’s EU-Morocco Association Council asks readers to believe in a fiction: that an undefined autonomy plan imposed by an occupying power can satisfy the right to self-determination, and that respect for international law can coexist with the systematic ignoring of the EU’s own highest court.