Будет ли развиваться партнёрство ЕС и МЕРКОСУР?

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02:32which have to be ratified by national and regional parliaments.

02:35It is a risky undertaking,

02:38because if the whole agreement is ratified by national parliaments,

02:42it means that some of them may oppose the text,

02:45as it happened already in the past,

02:47when national parliaments such as the Dutch one or the Austrian one opposed the agreement.

02:53So the European Commission has decided to separate the trade part,

02:58which falls under the exclusive competence of the EU,

03:01so that the Council will vote the text,

03:05the member states voting by qualified majority,

03:08and the text will be also voted by the European Parliament by simple majority.

03:12This way the trade part has more chances to be implemented quickly.

03:17Which member states are more sceptical of this agreement?

03:20Why is that?

03:21And how many do we need in terms of vote for this agreement to be approved and enter into force?

03:28France has long led the opposition to the agreement,

03:32on the ground that it would create unfair competition to its farmers.

03:37But it may have changed today,

03:39because the European Commission has given assurances

03:42that it would strengthen controls over imports coming from Mercosur countries,

03:47and their impact on the EU markets.

03:51But Poland now is stepping up against the deal.

03:56Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was opposed to the agreement.

04:00But it remains uncertain whether he is going to be able to gather a blocking minority against the deal.

04:08Because indeed, to be signed, the deal requires 15 member states in favor of it,

04:14and a blocking minority would require 5 member states representing 35% of the population.

04:20The agricultural sector is one of the biggest critics of the agreement,

04:25which is why the European Commission recently added safeguards.

04:30Quotas that limit the import of products considered more sensitive,

04:33such as beef, poultry, sugar, rice, and honey.

04:39Increased controls that may lead to the suspension of imports of a certain product

04:43if they increase by more than 10% or prices fall by more than 10%.

04:48EU pesticide and animal welfare rules will have to be followed by Mercosur countries,

04:54a 6.3 billion euros fund to help farmers affected by market crises.

05:00I'm joined now by Karel Lennon, Chief Executive of the Centre for European Policy Studies.

05:07Can the EU afford not to ratify this agreement,

05:11considering that it had to make a lot of concessions in the trade deal with the US

05:17that will raise tariffs to 15%?

05:20We need to know, let's say, that the geopolitical situation,

05:23since it was negotiated, started to negotiate 25 years ago until today, has changed so much.

05:27If we go to Latin America, and we see this also for Mercosur,

05:31the most important trading partner has become China.

05:33So if we now say, we need to be respected as a partner also, for example, with the United States,

05:41then we should respect ourselves and say we absolutely need to conclude this agreement

05:45also to become a more important trading partner for Latin America.

05:49And if we were not to do this, I mean, it will just, after this,

05:53I would say almost scandalous EU-US agreement just put the EU in a corner of being an unreliable partner.

06:01The partnership will also create access to the essential raw materials

06:06as an alternative to China that concentrates a lot of that production.

06:10So how significant is this for the European industry, for instance?

06:14It's again an opportunity for us, I mean, to reduce, I mean, drastically this huge dependence

06:21which we have from China, which was built up without us noticing it.

06:25And now we have an opportunity to say, look, we'll do it with another region.

06:28We will just reduce our huge exposure to China and to say, look, we will make sure that Brazil can,

06:34or say Argentina or Peru can also develop their commodities,

06:39or say their raw materials export to Europe.

06:42So in addition to MECASU, the EU has also revised an agreement with Mexico.

06:48Where should the EU look next for partners?

06:51We should, above all, as a policy, after what the US has done to us,

06:56let's say in this trade agreement from the 18th of August,

06:59make sure that we find a group of countries which have the similar approach to trade

07:06and to the maintenance, above all, of the trading system, which we have in the post-World War II order,

07:12where we go for a system, underscored by the WTO, the World Trade Organization,

07:17where we apply these principles of most favoured nation clause,

07:22and where we want to have, as the EU wants, as much as possible, zero tariffs.

07:26International trade is one of the arenas in which the EU projects its political and economic model.

07:33Some tout economic benefits and new markets, while others warn about the risks

07:38of more concessions to multinationals, increasing risks of deforestation in Amazonia, and consumer losses.

07:45Given the tariffs recently imposed by the US on the bloc,

07:50some European governments most critical of the agreement with Mercosul may now change their minds.

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