Publications & Insight

Briefing Notes

Not just about trade

Communities from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay give their views on the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

01/02/2023

NGO Statements

209 Civil Society Organisations say: EU trade deals must not undermine democratic rights

In order to bypass criticism by some EU governments and parliaments, the European Commission wants to change the voting process for upcoming trade agreements with Mexico, Chile and the Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina,...

24/11/2022

Press Releases

European Parliament champions Indigenous Peoples’ rights in landmark deforestation law

The European Parliament has heeded calls by Indigenous Peoples, NGOs and European Union (EU) citizens by voting for Indigenous Peoples’ rights to be upheld in the EU’s landmark Regulation on deforestation-free products.

Members...

13/09/2022

Bolsonaro under scrutiny in The Hague for crimes against humanity, genocide and possibly ecocide

Jair Bolsonaro is finally facing global opposition to the destruction he has wrought, so why is the EU still considering signing the Mercosur trade deal?

14/07/2021

Mercosur throws a spanner in the EU trade works

Trade ministers cannot see eye to eye when the EU-Mercosur agreement is in the picture

10/06/2021

EU Watchdog points to Commission “maladministration” in Mercosur sustainability debacle

What is the point of an impact study carried out after the fact?

08/04/2021

Press Releases

EU Commission reprimanded for failure to consider environmental, social impacts of South American trade deal

Environmental and human rights organisations have welcomed today’s European Ombudsman finding of maladministration by the Commission. It found that the Commission failed to complete a timely assessment of the social and...

19/03/2021

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: No ‘additional declaration’ can fix it

European institutions must stop trying to fix the trade deal by increments, while Brazil’s government takes a scorched-earth approach to human rights and environmental protections.

03/03/2021

Fern position on the EU-Mercosur agreement

This EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement will increase trade in the agricultural products that are the main drivers of deforestation in South America. This is opposite of what needs to happen for the EU to achieve its commitments to...

27/01/2021

Briefing Notes

Measuring the impact of the EU-Mercosur Trade deal on land use, forests, and the people who depend on them.

Ultimately, the impacts of trade agreements reverberate in local communities, in the individual lives of women, men and children, and in the destruction of the unique areas of forest and habitats which surround them. 

This...

02/12/2020