Agri-Business
Speaking on the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement, Irish MEP Billy Kelleher has said, with regards to beef imports it is "not acceptable".
Agri Politics
The EU-Mercosur agreement is closer than ever to being signed, but who's in favour of it and who are opposed?
Beef
Safeguards under the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement could kick in even if the 10% 'threshold' for activating the safeguards is not reached.
Nina Carberry and Barry Cowen have tabled amendments, which are designed to strengthen the EU-Mercosur safeguard regulation
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called on Taoiseach Micheál Martin to ensure that the...
An Irish MEP has welcomed the withdrawal of an "urgent" motion to bring forward a vote on Mercosur safeguard measures.
An Irish MEP has challenged the EU Parliament president on a decision to stall referring the Mercosur trade deal to the EU Court of Justice.
Rural Life
A "pan-European" day of farmer protests is being organised for December 18, ahead of Ursula von der Leyen's planned trip to Brazil.
The European Commission "is not listening to farmers" when it comes to negotiating trade deals,...
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Meat and livestock director Rupert Claxton told the Beef Conference why he is "not panicked" on proposed beef imports in the Mercosur deal.
The European Council approved a proposed regulation implementing safeguards for agricultural products under the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
The Irish government has been accused of neglecting its responsibility to defend Irish farmers in relation to the Mercosur trade deal.
With discussion about a proposed trade deal between the European Union and some South American...
Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen has issued an update on proposed agricultural safeguards in the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
Sinn Féin said if Tánaiste Simon Harris is serious about supporting farmers then he must commit to rejecting the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement betrays European farmers, workers, consumers and the environment, European agri-food and trade groups said.
Farmers gathered outside the gates of Leinster House today to take part in a protest, led by the ICSA against the Mercosur deal.
The Mercosur trade deal, in its current form, will "destroy" Irish and European beef farming according to a national livestock chair.
Uncertainty around the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and "harmful" trade deals are "threatening...
The Mercosur member states are to work more closely with the World Trade Organization on its internal regulation for animal and plant health.
Almost 60 MEPs are to table a motion for a resolution to seek an opinion from the Court of Justice of the EU (CEJU) on the EU-Mercosur deal.
