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Solidarity, equality, cooperation and sustainable trade: an alternative to the EU-Mercosur trade agreement
We firmly believe that the countries of the Mercosur and the EU need to improve and transform their relationship.
Ukraine lodges protest to Poland and EU over restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural products
Kyiv has lodged an official protest to Poland and the European Union over imposing restrictions on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products contrary to the Association Agreement.
EU mulls partial exit from energy treaty over climate concerns
The European Union is considering a proposal to quit an international energy treaty that has become mired in climate change concerns, but leave an option for individual countries to stay in an updated version of the accord, a document showed.
ICSID Tribunal upholds jurisdiction over an intra-EU Dispute
This case concerns a dispute between Cavalum SGPS, S.A and the Kingdom of Spain about changes introduced by the respondent to the regulatory and economic regime for renewable energy projects.
Brazil, Spain want EU-Mercosur deal by end of the year
Leaders of Brazil and Spain hope long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur trade bloc can be finalised by the end of the year.
How the toxic EU-Mercosur deal will undermine Brazil’s climate & deforestation goals
While the Amazon passes irreversible environmental tipping points and new toxic chemicals leave a trail of contamination, the European Union is actively signing away more of the planet and people in the lethal EU-Mercosur free trade agreement.
Brazil's Lula visits Spain with Mercosur deal on agenda
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in Spain on the second stop of a European tour aimed at resetting relations and making progress on a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur.
Commission reports on eleventh negotiation round with five Eastern and Southern African countries to deepen existing Economic Partnership Agreement
The European Commission published the report summarising progress made during the latest negotiation round to deepen the existing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with five Eastern and Southern African partners.
Europe’s disunity over China deepens
France, Germany and EU institutions are at odds over whether to revive the stalled Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China.
Brazil hopes for conclusion to EU-Mercosur trade deal this year
Brazil hopes the Mercosur trade deal with the European Union (EU) will be concluded this year, a government official said, ending years of delay and opening the way to increased trade between the two regions.