The legal revision and translation of the text of the EU/Mercosur trade agreement are almost complete. In the coming weeks, the Commission should send a proposal for a decision to the Council of the EU and the European Parliament. At the same time, it should make a proposal for a legal structure, i.e. to separate the trade section from the rest of the treaty so that it can be ratified more quickly.
For the time being, the issue of agri-food products from Mercosur is still being rejected by...