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Mercosur trade deal: MEPs for and against
euronews (in English)
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05/12/2024
As negotiations heat up in Montevideo, we asked two MEPs how they consider this major deal.
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It is 216 million consumers on their side and 450 on our side, so it will be a huge
00:18
market, a common market, that will of course help consumers.
00:22
They will have more choices and more products to choose from and hopefully it will also
00:28
help to beat inflation.
00:29
Well, it is difficult to exactly see the benefits because it is lowering the tariffs to import
00:36
more products issued from the agricultural sector, mainly beef, poultry, but also honey
00:42
for instance.
00:48
It's huge opportunities for farmers and for the food producers, but of course there is
00:52
also some sensitive products and we have to pay attention to them and the Commission
00:58
has done that, so there are tariff rate quotas, meaning that it cannot come in too many products
01:06
for the sensitive goods.
01:09
The farmers will be impacted by the import of products that do not respect the same social
01:14
and environmental standards, using chemicals and products that the EU is exporting, that
01:20
are forbidden in the EU and that will come back through our soy, for instance, or also
01:25
the meat production.
01:27
It means that the level playing field is not respected, that there is an unfair competition
01:35
between the products that are imported here in Europe.
01:40
Yes, I would say it is a very good package for the climate, because first of all we have
01:50
a commitment to effectively implement the Paris Agreement.
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The Mercosur Agreement is based on a 20 years old mandate, which means that climate issues,
02:02
biodiversity issues are not taken into account and that those elements are not enforceable,
02:08
which means that, no, it will have an adverse impact on climate change, mainly also because
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of deforestation.
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