Mercosur

French Farmers Return To The Streets As Mercosur Trade Talks Stir Fury

Farmers staged protests across France on Monday (18 November) at the prospect of a trade deal between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc.

French Farmers Plan Protests Against Mercosur Deal Next Week

Farmers are planning protests from Monday (18 November) to oppose the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, the head of France's largest farm lobby FNSEA said.

Brazil Asks EU To Hold Off On Implementing Deforestation Law

Brazil has asked the European Union not to implement regulations in its deforestation law at the end of the year as scheduled and asked for it to be revise...

EU-Mercosur To Meet In September Signaling Movement In Trade Talks

EU and South American negotiators will meet on 4-6 September in Brasilia, raising hopes an EU-Mercosur trade deal can be concluded this year, diplomats sai...

Louis Dreyfus Company Launches Its Own Juice Brand

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has launched its own juice brand, starting in France, seeking to use its orange production in Brazil to tap into demand for fre...

French Farmers' Union Call For End Of Blockades As Protests Spread In Europe

Two of France's main farming unions urged protesters who have staged hundreds of tractor blockades across the country to go back home, after the gover...

France's Macron Wants EU To Help On Farmers' Crisis

French president Emmanuel Macron tried to soothe the anger of protesting farmers by calling on the European Union to regulate agricultural imports from Ukr...

EU Says It Is Still Pursuing Mercosur Trade Deal

The European Commission said that it was continuing to pursue a trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc of countries, a day after the office of French Presi...