And he said Schulz In a speech he delivered in Berlin before institutions concerned with foreign trade, he said that the negotiations “must end quickly now.”
He added that the technical discussions on the free trade agreement are “well advanced,” noting that “the vast majority of EU member states also support the agreement politically.”
Schulz, who met the French President, said: Emmanuel Macronin Berlin on Wednesday, “We need pragmatism and flexibility from all parties in the final meters of negotiations, because the Mercosur agreement is a pioneer in diversifying and enhancing the resilience of our economy.”
And being European Union Consisting of 27 states and countries Mercosur, Argentina andBrazil andUruguay andParaguayhas been in talks for more than two decades about creating a massive free trade area covering more than 700 million people.
The agreement aims to reduce customs duties on imports of mostly European industrial and pharmaceutical goods, and on agricultural products.
The broad outlines of the agreement were agreed upon in 2019, but no final version was approved.
And supports Germany andItaly andSpain The agreement, but other countries such as France have expressed their opposition, citing concerns about cheap agricultural imports and the application of environmental standards.
During a visit to Brazil in March, Macron said the current agreement was “really bad.”
Macron called in particular for the establishment of provisions to protect European farmers, by ensuring that imported agricultural products meet the same European standards.
