Tag: EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

• Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 22:46 UTC

  Lacalle Pou urges swift action on EU-Mercosur Agreement: “Enough of 25 years of negotiations”

  

  In a strong plea for progress on the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou demanded an end to decades of fruitless negotiations, urging the involved parties to reach an agreement.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Mercosur challenges EU's environmental demands in FTA; Uruguay goes rogue again

  

  Argentina Tuesday handed over the Pro Tempore Presidency of Mercosur to Brazil and Uruguay refused to sign the joint declaration after the bloc's 62nd Summit in the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the northeastern province of Misiones.

• Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

  Portuguese President wants EU-Mercosur deal ratified this year

  

  Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Wednesday it was essential that an agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) “be concluded as soon as possible,” Agencia Brasil reported. Rebelo made those remarks during a forum in Lisbon which was also attended by Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who is also the South American country's Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services.

• Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  France's Lower House votes against EU-Mercosur FTA

  

  France's National Assembly (Lower House) Tuesday voted 281 to 58 against the approval of the EU- Mercosur trade deal on the grounds that it “may encourage” deforestation, among other issues contrary to the country's interests, it was reported in Paris.

• Saturday, June 10th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

  French minister warns against rushing EU-Mercosur deal

  

  France's Junior Trade Minister Olivier Becht expressed his concerns said this week during his visit to Brazil about concluding the EU-Mercosur deal too hastily. While his country does want a deal concluded between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur, Becht warns against entering into it too quickly, without assurances on environmental and social issues.

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Brazilian official says Mercosur-EU deal may be closed this year

  

  Márcio Elias, executive secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, said Sunday that the federal government intends to close the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union this year.

• Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Lula's stance could jeopardize Mercosur-EU deal

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's stance on the war in Ukraine might jeopardize the Mercosur-European Union deal, according to a confidential report drafted ahead of a European foreign ministers' summit and accessed by Politico.

• Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 16:24 UTC

  France denies blocking EU-Mercosur agreement but reiterates demands

  

  France denies blocking the EU-Mercosur agreement, which it vetoed since it was signed in 2019. However, it reiterates its demands to correct it and says it is waiting for the outcome of the negotiations being conducted by the European Commission with its South American partners.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 18:50 UTC

  Lula intent in amending the Mercosur/EU trade agreement: EU pleased with its current wording

  

  The first clash of the Brazilian president-elect with the European Union occurred, given Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's anticipated intention to introduce modifications to the Mercosur/EU trade agreement, discussed for two decades.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  EU-Mercosur agreement ratified in 2023? Uruguayan Foreign Minister sees it possible

  

  It's been more than two decades since the negotiations began. Yet, geopolitical conditions have never been favorable to ratify the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur. However, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Francisco Bustillo, said Tuesday during a press conference that there is “a window of opportunity” to ratify the accord between the European and South American blocs in 2023, during the pro tempore rulings of Spain and Brazil in each group.