La Organización Mundial del Comercio se reúne mientras el acuerdo UE-Mercosur se cuestiona desde todos los frentes

The statement by Friends of the Earth International criticizes the proposed EU-Mercosur trade agreement, highlighting its potential to accelerate deforestation and climate change while undermining small-scale farmers in both Europe and Latin America. It calls for a shift toward a people-centered trade model that prioritizes social rights and environmental sustainability over corporate profit, especially in light of the rise of climate-denying leadership in Argentina.

• The EU-Mercosur trade agreement is described as a failure of the corporate trade model that would restrict development policies, undermine public procurement, and facilitate the trade of harmful pesticides, thereby accelerating climate change, deforestation, and human rights violations.
• The agreement is criticized for creating an unfair market where European farmers must compete with Latin American imports produced with pesticides banned in the EU, while Latin American countries are exposed to toxic pesticides produced and exported by the EU.
• The election of Javier Milei in Argentina is presented as a significant risk to any claim that the EU-Mercosur agreement could be environmentally sustainable, given his described positions as a climate crisis denier and neoliberal.
• Farmer protests in European countries, including France, Belgium, and Spain, have specifically demanded the cessation of the EU-Mercosur agreement to protect small-scale farmers from globalized market competition and non-compliant agricultural products.
• The document asserts that WTO rules have historically hindered governments from managing public food reserves to mitigate food crises and protected pharmaceutical monopolies during the COVID pandemic through intellectual property rights.

APA

Fandel, G. (2024). La Organización Mundial del Comercio se reúne mientras el acuerdo UE-Mercosur se cuestiona desde todos los frentes. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/omc-es-hora-de-poner-fin-al-acuerdo-ue-mercosur/

Chicago

Fandel, Ghislaine. La Organización Mundial del Comercio se reúne mientras el acuerdo UE-Mercosur se cuestiona desde todos los frentes. Friends of the Earth International, 2024. https://www.foei.org/es/omc-es-hora-de-poner-fin-al-acuerdo-ue-mercosur/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{fandel2024organizacin, author = {Fandel, Ghislaine}, title = {{La Organización Mundial del Comercio se reúne mientras el acuerdo UE-Mercosur se cuestiona desde todos los frentes}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2024}, month = feb, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/omc-es-hora-de-poner-fin-al-acuerdo-ue-mercosur/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }