France is still trying to assemble a "blocking minority" within the European Union to prevent a trade deal with four South ...

Farmers should not be “an adjustment tool for purchasing power … nor an adjustment tool for trade agreements,” French ...

The European Commission President with the leaders of all four Mercosur founding members The South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union announced Friday in Montevideo the final ...

Mercosur can no longer lead “with an early 1990s mindset”, Lacalle Pou has said, or pull back a member’s economic progress. Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico have all been looking towards the ...

The deal proposes to make it easier for EU member states to trade with Mercosur members, by cutting tariffs “for main EU export products”. The Commission has argued Mercosur countries have ...

In return, Mercosur members want a "substantial increase" in the E.U.'s offer of 70,000 tons of tariff-free beef imports per year. But the talks aren't expected to be easy, with significant ...

Uruguay has also in the past pushed for greater flexibility within Mercosur after its independent negotiations with China in 2022 sparked opposition from fellow members. The bloc's four members ...

Irrespective, it is fair to say that MERCOSUR’s response has been mixed at best, with the pandemic only further bolstering existing division between the groups’ members. By way of contrast, CARICOM ...

Among the EU member states, France stands out as particularly ... fearing competition from Mercosur producers who are perceived to operate under less stringent environmental and labour standards.