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Today, the European Parliament overwhelmingly approved the EU-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. The deal sets a precedent in trade policy as it’s the first time the EU ratifies a trade agreement which conditions market access on the respect of animal welfare-related standards.

EU ratifies its first trade agreement with an animal welfare condition

22 November 2023

As negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Australia enter the final stage, Eurogroup for Animals, Australian Alliance for Animals and Animals Australia urge the two sides to include ambitious provisions on animal welfare in the agreement.

Last chance to embed animal welfare in the EU-Australia trade agreement

25 October 2023

As millions of citizens are waiting for the European Commission to deliver the proposals to revise the outdated EU animal welfare legislation, the EU seems to prioritise trade negotiations that are increasingly in a deadlock.

Why trade agreements should not stop progress for animals

26 September 2023

As leaders from the EU and from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) gather in Brussels for the third EU-CELAC summit, willingness to accelerate the conclusion of controversial trade agreements is on the agenda. What’s at stake for animals?

Injecting animal welfare in renewed EU-Latin American trade relationships

On Sunday 9 July, the EU and New Zealand officially signed their Free Trade Agreement (FTA) after five years of negotiation. While the FTA liberalises trade for all animal-based products, thereby further stimulating animal agriculture in the EU and New Zealand, Eurogroup for Animals still welcomes that the beef quota is reserved for grass-fed animals.

The EU-New Zealand trade deal includes animal welfare conditionality

A group of over 40 animal protection organisations, congress people, and animal welfare specialists sent joint letters to the European Parliament, Council and Commission, and to the Brazilian Government this week, requesting the inclusion of animal welfare clauses in the additional protocol of the EU-Mercosur FTA.

Brazilian CSOs urge the EU and Brazil to include animal welfare conditions in the EU-Mercosur Agreement

As negotiations for a trade agreement between the EU and Australia enter the final stage, Eurogroup For Animals urges both sides to seek ambitious measures on animal welfare.

Animal welfare ambition needed in EU-Australia agreement

A broad coalition of civil society organisations both from South America and Europe reiterates its call to stop the EU-Mercosur deal and rejects efforts to “greenwash” it. They call on the EU and Mercosur to engage in a new relationship based on cooperation, solidarity, equality, democracy and sustainability.

170+ civil society organisations demand just alternative to toxic EU-Mercosur deal

Documents shared by the press and civil society organisations have revealed that the EU-Mercosur deal’s proposed annex, supposedly intended to address the sustainability related issues of the free trade agreement (FTA), is merely an interpretative protocol confirming the weak sustainability commitments of the FTA.

Leaked annex to the EU-Mercosur deal confirms weak sustainability goals

As Europe’s trade ministers gather on 9 March for an informal trade Council, environmental, animal protection and trade groups denounce the Commission’s closed-door negotiations with Mercosur countries that aim to push through a controversial Free Trade Agreement (FTA), that has been the subject of public outrage and been rejected by national parliaments across the EU.

Civil society denounces opacity and lack of democratic debate on EU-Mercosur agreement

For the first time in over a decade, on the legislative side things are moving forward for animals in Europe, as the European Commission is working on the much needed revision of its animal welfare legislation.

Winning the race to the top: ensuring (new) EU animal welfare rules apply to imported products

31 January 2023

The modernised EU-Chile deal grants further market access to Chilean animal products, particularly poultry, without any animal welfare condition.

Modernised EU-Chile trade deal disappointing for animal welfare

15 December 2022

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