Tag: European Union

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 19:02 UTC

  Brazilian steel exports to the EU soar 830% in five months because of the Ukraine war

  

  Brazilian steel industry sales have ballooned since the start of the war in Ukraine sparked by the Russian invasion of its territory, which began in February. According to Steel Institute data, shipments of the metal raw material to the European Union increased by more than 830% in the first five months of this year, y-to-y, coinciding with the period of warfare in Eastern Europe.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:20 UTC

  EU okays monkeypox vaccine already in use in the US

  

  The Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic Monday received the green light from the European Commission to use the Imvanex vaccine against monkeypox in the European Union, as well as in Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:39 UTC

  EU eyes CELAC for food; Mercosur “a more complicated issue”

  

  Josep Borrell, the European Union's top diplomat, has said Latin America would host a CELAC meeting sometime next year, but admitted that ratifying the 2019 trade agreement with Mercosur was “a more complicated issue.”

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Europe divided over “greenwashing” gas and nuclear energy, but parliament ready to support the bill

  

  For the European Parliament natural gas and nuclear power plants have been designated as climate-friendly investments. The European Commission released the proposal, formally called the EU taxonomy, in December as a list of economic activities that investors can label and market as green in the EU.

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  European Union gets tough on trade affecting “deforestation and forest degradation”

  

  The European Council, the body that sets the political agenda of the European Union (EU), agreed on a proposal to limit the entry and trade of commodities where production has contributed to “deforestation or forest degradation” worldwide.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 20:40 UTC

  EU diplomat warns Paraguay needs to avert becoming a narco-state

  

  The European Union's Ambassador in Asunción Monday said he feared Paraguay could end up turning into a narco-state if proper measures are not taken.

• Friday, June 17th 2022 - 21:57 UTC

  Ukraine closer to EU membership but still far off

  

  Ukraine is a step closer to full European Union membership since its candidacy was accepted Friday, although a long process still lies ahead which will include key reforms to the country.

• Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Mercosur nationals will need a visa to enter Schengen area

  

  Nationals of 15 Latin American countries -including all members of Mercosur- and of 60 countries worldwide will need to apply for a European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) visa to travel to or through the 26 territories within the so-called Schengen area, effective in 2023.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Changes to Northern Ireland Protocol by London could lead to a trade war, warns Brussels

  

  The European Union has announced that it will respond with all measures at its disposal if the British government pushes ahead with unilateral changes to the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. UK has said it wants to change the legally binding treaty that it signed less than two years ago.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Spain calls for a quick ratification of EU trade agreements with Chile, Mexico and Mercosur, but what else is needed?

  

  Spanish foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares called on his EU peers on Monday to definitively advance in the ratification of the trade accords of the European Union with Chile, Mexico and Mercosur.