EU farmers insist with the “catastrophic impact” of trade agreement with Mercosur

Friday, May 6th 2011 - 17:28 UTC

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European farm leaders have left Members of the European Parliament in no doubt about the ‘catastrophic impact’ on EU agriculture of a trade agreement with Mercosur, reports the Friday edition of the UK’s Farmers Guardian. Read full article

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Martin_Fierro
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May 07th, 2011 - 02:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Typhoon
Neither must we forget the unacceptable methods used in South America.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8391748/GM-soy-The-invisible-ingredient-poisoning-children.html

And this is only one example. There are reports of growth hormones and veterinary drugs used that are banned in Europe because of the effects on the human food chain. If mercosur wants to sell to Europe it must operate to the same standards as European producers.

And Europe needs very clear labelling requirements and import checks to ensure that European standards are met in every case.
May 07th, 2011 - 09:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard
“the Copa president warn if a deal were to go ahead, the EU would become dependent on one external source for its food security needs, making it dependent on climatic or political decisions from these countries”.

Blinkered to the recognition that the EU is already importing large fractions of its basic food commodities from Mercosur countries.

This agreement simply gives greater certainty of supply - and as the EU population continues to increase its population size, security of food resources is the highest responsibility of its government(s).
May 08th, 2011 - 02:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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