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Montevideo, July 27th 2026 - 00:09 UTC

Tag: EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

  • Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 22:50 UTC

    Brazil completes its legislative process and ratifies the EU–Mercosur deal

    Brazil’s ratification strengthens Mercosur’s internal momentum after Uruguay and Argentina recently moved the deal through their own parliaments

    Brazil’s Congress on Wednesday ratified the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, completing the legislative step in the South American bloc’s largest economy. The Senate approved the treaty unanimously, after the lower house cleared the text last week, according to local reporting and wire-service coverage.

  • Friday, February 27th 2026 - 10:51 UTC

    European Commission announces provisional entry into force for the trade pillar of the EU-Mercosur deal

    “I said before that when they are ready, we will be ready… On that basis, the Commission will now proceed with provisional application,” von der Leyen said

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday announced the provisional application of the trade part of the EU-Mercosur association agreement, following parliamentary ratification in Argentina and Uruguay. The move activates trade commitments ahead of full conclusion of the treaty, which still requires the European Parliament’s consent.

  • Thursday, February 26th 2026 - 22:41 UTC

    Uruguay and Argentina ratify the EU-Mercosur deal, leaving entry into force to Brussels

    In Argentina, the Senate ratified the treaty by 69 votes in favour and 3 against, after prior approval in the Chamber of Deputies.

    Uruguay and Argentina ratified on Thursday the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, becoming the first founding members of the South American bloc to complete parliamentary approval. Whether the treaty begins to apply now hinges on decisions inside the EU, as a separate legal review process continues following moves in the European Parliament.º

  • Tuesday, February 24th 2026 - 03:06 UTC

    Uruguay moves toward ratifying EU–Mercosur deal after special committee approval

    Under the legislative schedule cited by lawmakers and local media, the bill is due to be voted in the Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 25

    A special committee of Uruguay’s parliament tasked with reviewing the EU–Mercosur agreement approved the ratification bill on Monday, clearing the way for floor votes in the Senate and lower house in the coming days — a timetable that could make Uruguay the first Mercosur member to complete domestic approval.

  • Thursday, February 19th 2026 - 04:04 UTC

    Mercosur–EU deal: Uruguay’s PIT-CNT urges sector impact studies for an “informed” Senate debate

    PIT-CNT argued the text reached Parliament without an impact study that would allow a rigorous evaluation of employment

    Uruguay’s PIT-CNT labour federation warned lawmakers that the debate on the Mercosur–European Union trade deal is moving forward without adequate sector-by-sector assessments, which it said “limits the possibility of an informed debate” on potential effects on industry, jobs and the country’s productive structure. The union confederation testified on Wednesday before a special Senate committee reviewing the agreement, alongside the Chamber of Industry (CIU) and the Rice Growers Association (ACA), ahead of a vote expected on Wednesday 25.

  • Friday, February 13th 2026 - 04:09 UTC

    Argentina moves first in Mercosur as lower house backs EU trade deal

    President Javier Milei submitted the bill to Argentina’s Congress on 6 February and put it on the agenda for February’s extraordinary sessions

    Argentina became the first Mercosur country to secure an initial legislative green light for the trade agreement with the European Union, after the Chamber of Deputies approved the text late on Thursday. The bloc also includes Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, which have launched their own domestic ratification processes.

  • Thursday, February 12th 2026 - 09:09 UTC

    Hundreds of tractors roll into Madrid as farmers protest CAP cuts and EU-Mercosur accord

    Columns of tractors converged on Plaza de Colón from several starting points before moving along major avenues toward the Agriculture Ministry area

    Thousands of farmers and ranchers, alongside hundreds of tractors, rallied in central Madrid on Wednesday to protest expected cuts in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to denounce the European Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur, according to organisers and authorities.

  • Thursday, January 29th 2026 - 05:29 UTC

    Latin American presidents seek common ground as regional blocs weaken

    Bernardo Arévalo, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, José Raúl Mulino, Sergio Díaz-Granados, Rodrigo Paz, Daniel Noboa and Andrew Holness.

    Seven sitting heads of government and one president-elect from Latin America and the Caribbean shared the stage in Panama on Wednesday to call for deeper regional integration, an increasingly rare show of cross-ideological alignment in a polarized region. The message was delivered at the International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean, backed by CAF and designed as a high-level convening point for governments, business leaders and multilaterals.

  • Friday, January 23rd 2026 - 19:19 UTC

    EU ‘ready’ to roll out Mercosur deal once South American ratifications start, von der Leyen says

    In Brussels, the immediate obstacle is less the text itself than the institutional and political sequencing

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union is prepared to provisionally implement the EU–Mercosur trade agreement as soon as Mercosur countries begin completing their ratification procedures, seeking to reassure partners after a European Parliament vote injected fresh uncertainty into the bloc’s approval track.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 21:26 UTC

    European Parliament puts EU-Mercosur trade deal on hold, seeks top court legal opinion

    The parliamentary motion is based on a mechanism that allows the Court of Justice to be asked for an opinion on whether an international agreement complies with the Community legal framework

    The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to freeze its approval track for the EU-Mercosur trade agreement and request a legal opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on whether the deal is compatible with EU treaties. The motion passed by a razor-thin margin —334 in favour, 324 against, with 11 abstentions— injecting new uncertainty into a pact that the two blocs had only just signed in Asunción after a quarter-century of negotiations.