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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12565

23 September 2020
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
EU/Mercosur free trade agreement worries EU ministers
Brussels, 22/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

The Agriculture Ministers of the EU countries expressed their concerns about the free trade agreement with the Mercosur countries on Monday 21 September.

France reiterated its opposition to the draft trade agreement as it stands, between the European Union and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) of July 2019, because of the impact it is estimated to have on the environment (see EUROPE B12563A28).

Other delegations (Spain, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Austria, Italy...) supported...

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