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Hundreds of farmers rally in Paris against EU-Mercosur pact and import fears

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Europe Today

Brazil meat ban a ‘problem’ for EU-Mercosur deal, ambassador warns

Brussels' suspension of Brazilian meat imports undermines key benefits of the EU-Mercosur trade deal which Brazil paid a high price to secure, the country’s ambassador to the EU has said.

Europe News

No need to audit our meat, says Brazil's EU ambassador

Brazil’s EU ambassador, Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva, told Euronews "all options are on the table" after Brasília threatened retaliation over the EU’s ban on Brazilian meat imports due to antibiotic use.

Europe News

EU suspension of Brazilian meat comes into force, despite negotiations

Brazil has yet to provide the necessary guarantees to allow an audit of its beef exports’ compliance with EU food safety standards, while inspections of poultry and honey imports are already under way.

The Ring

Europe's biggest debates – Migration, Mercosur and housing on The Ring

This special edition brings back conversations and debates on migration, trade, and housing — three issues that have remained at the centre of Europe’s political agenda this year.

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Ratify Mercosur or risk losing region to China, Uruguay warns EU

In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Montevideo's foreign minister, Mario Lubetkin, talks about the Mercosur trade agreement, Uruguay's political options and Trump's attempts at imposing his will in the Western Hemisphere.

The Cube

Did the EU-Mercosur deal allow contaminated coffee into Europe?

Posts by French and Polish politicians have falsely connected a rejected shipment of Brazilian coffee to the EU-Mercosur trade deal.

Europe News

EU clinches new trade deal with Mexico to bolster foothold in region

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa signed an updated trade deal with Mexico on Friday, two decades after the original agreement, as both parties seek to reduce their dependence on the US and China amid rising geopolitical tensions.

Europe News

Brazil ‘surprised’ by EU ban on meat imports

Brazil’s ambassador to the EU Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva told Euronews he had asked the EU Commission to put Brazil back on the list of countries complying with EU antimicrobial rules. The move comes as the Mercosur deal liberalising agricultural trade came into force on 1 May.

Europe News

EU to ban Brazilian meat imports from September

The ban would come just two weeks after the EU-Mercosur trade deal provisionally entered into force, liberalising agricultural trade across the Atlantic despite fierce opposition from farmers.

Europe News

Poland takes Mercosur fight to EU court

Poland has escalated its opposition to the Mercosur trade deal by filing a complaint with the EU’s top court and demanding that the agreement be suspended.

Europe in Motion

How are Europe and South America deepening their economic ties?

The EU-Mercosur free-trade deal took provisional effect in May and is expected to boost EU exports to the Mercosur region by 39% by 2040, but how do the benefits compare with growing criticism?

Europe Today

Europe alone cannot rebuild global order, Brazil’s Ambassador says

Brazil’s Ambassador to the EU tells Europe Today that a “functioning and durable new order” has to be rebuilt by all parts of the world, after Canada’s Prime Minister said on Monday that Europe would lead new order.

Business

Contentious EU-Mercosur trade deal takes provisional effect

The EU-Mercosur free-trade deal took provisional effect on Friday despite a legal challenge before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Europe News

Mercosur: MEPs warn of concentration risk from quota system

A letter obtained by Euronews is circulating among MEPs sounding the alarm on the potential abuse of the EU-Mercosur trade deal quota allocation system by South American Big Agriculture.

Europe Today

Ireland calls for carbon border tweaks amid fertiliser shortage

Irish minister says farmers and rural communities are under pressure from the Middle East war fallout as Dublin calls on the European Commission to ease carbon border rules on fertilisers.

Europe News

The EU's recipe for trade deals : easy on beef, tough on wine

Within weeks, the European Commission has wrapped up deals with Mercosur, India and Australia. Yet despite the backlash over the Latin America agreement, Brussels is sticking to a familiar playbook: offensive on wine and cars, defensive on beef.