{"id":45242,"date":"2025-12-20T08:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amec.es\/december-decides-the-fate-of-the-eu-mercosur-agreement\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T19:35:50","slug":"december-decides-the-fate-of-the-eu-mercosur-agreement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amec.es\/en\/december-decides-the-fate-of-the-eu-mercosur-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-Mercosur agreement on hold until January"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"45242\" class=\"elementor elementor-45242 elementor-45234\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ad90942 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ad90942\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Update: EU leaders decide to leave the decision on the trade agreement with Mercosur until January, after last-minute attempts to get the go-ahead from France and Italy.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6d7fe4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3d6d7fe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b47a026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b47a026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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frustration at the delay, but <strong>accept a short postponement<\/strong> while warning against indefinite delays or excessive European safeguards.<\/p><p>The Mercosur summit, scheduled for this Saturday, December 20 in Foz do Igua\u00e7u, Brazil, will be held as planned to advance the bloc&#8217;s internal agenda, while discussing the impact of the European delay and exploring alternatives if Brussels delays the process again.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Brazil,<\/strong> as the main promoter, sees the agreement as a strategic pillar of its foreign policy: Lula had hardened the tone with an ultimatum, but after a call with Giorgia Meloni he agreed to wait a few weeks, although he insists that Brazil has already given enough and is willing to pivot towards partners such as Canada, the UK or Asia if the EU imposes more safeguards or delays that &#8220;empty&#8221; the pact.<\/li><li><strong>Argentina<\/strong> accompanies the Brazilian push with commercial pragmatism, prioritizing 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Buenos Aires observes with caution the European demands for limits on meat, poultry or sugar, but seeks to dissociate ideological differences from the economic benefits of the treaty. <\/li><li><strong>Paraguay<\/strong>, which holds the presidency of the bloc, warns that another delay could &#8220;exhaust&#8221; the process, especially because it fears that the new safeguard clauses will slow down the agricultural export boom it expects from the pact with the EU.<\/li><li><strong>Uruguay<\/strong> tolerates a short postponement, but not an indefinite one. 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