European nations appear to be using the garb of genuine issues like environmental protection and labour rights to maintain a degree of protectionism to safeguard their own economic interests in the EU-Mercosur deal EU's Ursula Von der Leyen is in Uruguay to finalise the EU-Mercosur trade deal. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Uruguay on Thursday to …
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian beef was headed back to the shelves of Carrefour-owned grocery stores Tuesday after a brief boycott sparked by remarks from the French company’s chief executive about nations in the South America trade bloc Mercosur. Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard apologized to Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture for social media posts in which he said that Mercosur nations had …
PARIS — After more than 20 years of negotiations, the 27-nation European Union and Mercosur — a South American trade bloc of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia — are still trying to finalize a major trade agreement that is sparking protests by European farmers. European farmers, especially in France, worry that an influx of South American products would saturate …
BRASILIA, Brazil — Supermarket giant Carrefour’s support for French farmers’ protests against a trade agreement between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur has sparked a strong reaction in Brazil, including a refusal to supply beef to Carrefour stores in Brazil. Though France makes up just a tiny sliver of Brazil’s beef exports, meatpackers worried that Carrefour’s decision …
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