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EU-Mercosur: Parliament and Council adopt measures to protect EU farmers

On Wednesday, Parliament and Council negotiators informally agreed on measures to protect EU agriculture once the EU-Mercosur trade and partnership agreements are in place....

Farmers and politicians try to annul the EU’s free-trade deal with Mercosur

France is posing a last-minute challenge to a major trans-Atlantic trade deal between the 27-country European Union (EU) and the five South American nations...

Mercosur: Parliament Committee calls for measures to protect EU agriculture

The International Trade Committee has formally adopted its position on safeguard mechanisms for agricultural imports under the trade agreement with Mercosur countries. This draft...

EU, Latin America and Caribbean nations hold summit overshadowed by US military operation

Representatives of European, Latin American and Caribbean nations on Sunday began a two-day summit in Colombia to try to strengthen ties despite questions on...

Venezuela floated a plan for Maduro to slowly give up power, but was rejected by US, AP source says

Venezuelan government officials have floated a plan in which President Nicolás Maduro would eventually leave office, a bid aimed at easing mounting U.S. pressure on the government in...

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