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EU farmers boss: ‘Devastating’ Mercosur trade pact exposes Europe’s double standards
2 July 2019
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The trade deal recently reached between the EU and Mercosur countries is devastating for European farmers and exposes the bloc’s double standards, Pekka Pesonen, Secretary-General of the EU farmers and cooperatives’ association (Copa-Cogeca), told EURACTIV.com in an interview.
“First of all, this is a political agreement. It still needs some fine-tuning but it’s fair to say that the impact of the Mercosur agreement would be devastating on the European farming family model,” Pesonen said.
The EU and Mercosur countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – reached a political agreement on 28 June over a comprehensive new trade deal.
The deal came after two decades of often tough negotiations, which had repeatedly stalled because of European farmer sensitivities.
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