EXTERNAL ACTION / Mercosur

To its detractors, Commission defends trade agreement that transmits European standards and values

Brussels, 16/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission is stepping up its communication efforts on the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (see EUROPE B12286A3). While Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström gave her views on the free trade agreement with the four South American states in an interview with AFP, her chief negotiator tried to calm the concerns of European civil society, and her counterpart in agriculture, Phil Hogan, sought to appease the most reluctant Member States concerning this new free trade agreement (see...