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The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, its impacts on agriculture
The EU will import more meat and other agricultural products - with them, emissions, deforestation, soil contamination and human rights abuses - while endangering local farmers’ livelihoods in the Mercosur region and in the European Union.
Trade Minister Don Farrell declares he could 'walk away' from lucrative EU trade deal amid tense negotiations
As trade negotiations in Brussels heat up, Australia and the European Union are still yet to overcome major impasses over naming rights of beloved products and market access.
German FM calls Brazil to align more with the West
The still not yet ratified EU-Mercosur trade deal could be among the main keys to the rapprochement of like-minded democratic states as it would “make it clear that democracies when they work together, can solve global challenges,” said German Foreign Minister.
EU, Mercosur will 'take time' to conclude trade deal, says French official
French government official says European Union and Mercosur both want to "take their time" to finalise trade deal.
LEAK: EU to prioritise Mercosur deal, establish closer ties with Latin America
The EU will prioritise concluding a long-delayed trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc and closer institutional cooperation as it seeks new allies to reduce economic dependencies on China and counter Russia.
The trade minister for Indonesia argued that Europe was discriminating and frequently looked for conflict with Indonesia
Zulkifli Hasan, the minister of trade, said frankly that recent difficulties have made cooperation with the EU challenging. As a result, he acknowledged that he was developing a plan to predict how the EU would act.
Trade chief to fly to Brussels to bat for PH-EU free trade deal
Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual will be in Brussels this month to continue talks on the Philippines' trade with the European Union and the country's bid to have a free trade deal with the EU.
India plans to challenge EU carbon tax at WTO
The exporters' body warned the EU plan could make India's free trade agreements with other countries and a proposed pact with the EU "redundant" as the prices of many exporters' goods would rise.
"The EU Agreement doesn't favor Moroccan growers"
The objective was the agricultural development of Morocco's rural population and traditional farmers. It's been a fallacy because the rural population hasn't developed and Moroccan farmers haven't improved their situation.
Palm oil dispute won't have bearing on Indonesia, Malaysia EU trade talks, minister says
A dispute between the European Union and major palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia over a new deforestation law will have no bearing on the two countries' stalled negotiations with the bloc on free trade agreements, a Malaysian minister said.