#Act4 AnimalsEU French Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed that France will oppose the ratification of the EU-Mercosur trade deal in its current shape. The statement comes after the release of the French Impact Assessment on the deal. France to oppose the ratification of the EU-Mercosur trade deal 22 September 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 FarmAnimals The first campaign of its kind began in Israel in June 2018 and is supposed to continue until 2021. The European Union is subsidizing a campaign to encourage Israel to consume European animals 2 March 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU could demand in greater detail the feeding of animals exclusively to grass, a point that was not being fulfilled. Argentina may face difficulties to export meat to the EU under the Hilton quotas 30 January 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Yesterday the European Parliament has ratified the agreement between the EU and the US to modify the so-called “hormone-free beef” tariff-rate quota (TRQ) to allocate a significant volume of the quota solely to the US. New “hormone-free” beef quota is a threat to cattle welfare 29 November 2019
Wallonia, the French-speaking region of southern Belgium, does not want more Argentine meat and to achieve this it is willing to block the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU). Mercosur-EU Agreement: Belgium does not want more Argentinian meat to be imported 26 November 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU Less than a week after the announcement of the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), on June 28, the dispute is gaining momentum. Why the Mercosur agreement is so criticized 4 July 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU 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. EU farmers boss: ‘Devastating’ Mercosur trade pact exposes Europe’s double standards 2 July 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals While EU/Mercosur trade agreement has entered “endgame” negotiations and could lead to a political agreement in the last week of June, AVEC representing the European poultry meat sector, raises the alarm bell! EU poultry industry sector says no to the Mercosur Agreement 19 June 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Leo Varadkar, along with French President Emmanuel Macron and the Polish and Belgian Prime Ministers, has written to Jean Claude Juncker raising concerns over ongoing Mercosur talks. Varadkar warns EU president of Mercosur threat for beef 19 June 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU The European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur will likely close a trade agreement in coming weeks or months, Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretary Lucas Ferraz said in an interview. EU, Mercosur to close deal defying global trade war, Brazil says 8 May 2019