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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 08:54 UTC

Tag: Alexandre Bompard

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 19:38 UTC

    French supermarket chain to halt sales of Mercosur meat to boycott FTA

    Mercosur meat might “flood the French market with meat that does not meet its requirements and standards,” Carrefour's CEO feared

    Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard announced this week that his company would not be selling meat imported from the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) in a move to prevent the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union from pulling through. France's largest supermarket planned on suspending meat imports from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay “in solidarity with the agricultural sector.”

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