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Web series: EU & Mercosur - Episode 2: At table at EU-Mercosur - the impact of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement on smallholder agriculture

Tue, 3 June 2025, 8:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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The new Primetime series – from 27 May on Tuesdays, 20.15 exclusively on Zoom

Follow-up 2 : At table at EU-Mercosur - the impact of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement on smallholder agriculture

Rainforest chips, pesticide cocktails and delicacies for our car tanks – the wedding menu of the EU-Mercosur liaison is well known. But gourmets of eco-friendly and climate-friendly cuisine are on their noses. Why only? You will find out in this episode.

with Antônio Andrioli, Professor of Agroecology at UFFS (Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul) in South Brazil

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2025 is already a wild year for international trade in all respects. And in these turbulent times, two of the world’s largest economic blocs want to enter the ‘holy state of marriage’: The European Union and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay).

But the prenuptial agreement, also known as the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, not only triggers cheering storms. For years, connoisseurs of this unequal relationship have expressed environmental, climate and human rights concerns. Farmers want to boycott the wedding. Trade union movements in the EU and South America speak of a "death sentence for good jobs". The European Consumer Protection Association criticises inadequate standards. It seems that this marriage is made primarily out of geopolitical interests and in the interests of large corporations. The new federal government, on the other hand, congratulates in advance and wants to put its signature under the contract as soon as possible. But what exactly is signed there? This is what we want to reveal at Inside EU-Mercosur.

From the 27th of May always on Tuesdays, 20.15-21.00 dive on Zoom We are heading into the depths of the controversial EU-Mercosur trade agreement. The series is especially aimed at people who want to better understand what the agreement is about and want to take action on it.

Further consequences on 3 June, 10 June, 17 June and 24 June

So, turn it on!

A production of Attac Germany, ATTAC Austria, Anders Handel Austria, FIAN Germany e.V., FDCL e.V., Society for Threatened Peoples, Greenpeace and PowerShift e.V.

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