Brussels 17.01.2026 European and South American officials have signed a major free trade agreement, paving the way for the European Union’s largest-ever deal amid tariff threats and deepening uncertainty around global cooperation. [ES] 🤝 Comunicado Conjunto sobre la firma del Acuerdo de AsociaciĂłn entre el MERCOSUR y la UniĂłn Europea [PT] 🤝 Comunicado Conjunto sobre…
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EU endorses Mercosur Free Trade
Brussels 09.01.2026 Today France, and four other countries, including Poland, voted against Mercosur. Their opposition was not enough to prevent the adoption of the Free trade agreement, supported by major players like Germany and Spain and championed by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, who is expected to travel to Paraguay…
GIs sales value of €75bln
Agri-food and drink products whose names are protected by the European Union as “Geographical Indications” (GIs) represent a sales value of €74.76 billion, according to a study published today by the European Commission. Over one fifth of this amount results from exports outside the European Union. The study found that the sales value of a…
Bulgaria minister resigns over EU funds misuse
Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture Rumen Porozhanov (pictured) resigned in an aftermath of scandals involving purchases of luxury properties and the building of guest houses with EU aid for private use. Porozhanov did not quite immediately after the scandal eruption, but two weeks after prosecutors launched a large-scale probe into possible fraud with EU rural development aid at over…
Italy champion of wine exports
Italy wine exports were worth €6.2 billion, keeping Italy second only to France in the ranking of world producers, said the report of the institute of Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (ISMEA). Italian wine production up 29% in 2018. Value of exports up 3.3% last year – agro-food institute ISMEA https://t.co/oSOvyiAlWc — Ansa English…
Migrants indignant about conditions in Italy
Migrant laborers staged a strike this week to protest at the deaths of 16 colleagues killed this week in two separate traffic accidents in southern Italy. Hundreds of migrant workers chanted "We are not slaves" as they walked off tomato fields in Italy to protest working conditions https://t.co/9J67TeAGpG — The New York Times (@nytimes) August…
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