Doubts over the Mercosur Pact – EU | The president fr …

The issues relating to the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) have also manifested themselves on the other side of the Atlantic. French President Emanuel Macrón has told his ministers to doubt the environmental, health and sensitive situation. This is happening under the free trade agreement reached on 28 June between Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) and the European Union, involving about 770 million consumers.

According to the spokesman of the French government, Sibeth Ndiaye, President Macron said that "the environmental conditions are not robust enough and we want to strengthen its capacity" to "enforce this Paris agreement in the framework of Mercosur". sanitary standards The concern of the French government is to obtain "not only to ensure compliance with European standards in its own products, but also in its manufacturing process".

"The third subject on which we have questions and on which we wish to work is that of sensitive subsidiaries, such as beef, sugar or birds, which could be modified or impacted within the framework of Mercosur", he declares. Macron asked for clarification "on how the safeguard clauses we have incorporated in this trade agreement could be activated". The agreement continues to be negotiated and the spokesman for the presidency said the French president "wants an extremely clear answer" to these three points.