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Mercosur trade deal contradicts EU's anti-deforestation legislation, says ClientEarth
The NGO ClientEarth argued that the EU-Mercosur trade deal risks undermining the EU's deforestation regulation (EUDR) by allowing Mercosur countries to influence its implementation and potentially triggering legal and political disputes.
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Global: Greenpeace Brazil & Greenpeace EU comment on "toxic" EU Mercosur trade deal
EU and Mercosur leaders concluded negotiations for a trade deal criticised by civil society, farmers, and environmental groups for its allegedly harmful impacts on climate, human rights, and ecosystems.
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Report: Toxic Trading - how the EU pesticide lobby is promoting a trade deal with Brazil
Report from Friends of the Earth Europe looking at how lobbying from EU pesticide companies is promoting an EU-Mercosur trade deal that will have serious consequences for the environment and human rights
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Report: the powers pushing for the planet-wrecking EU-Mercosur trade deal
Friends of the Earth Europe exposes the corporations most successfully and eagerly lobbying for an EU-Mercosur trade deal.
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EU: Ethanol expansion and the EU-Mercosur trade deal
Report from Friends of the Earth Europe looking at the environmental and human rights impacts of the increased trade in ethanol that is set to occur following the EU-Mercosur trade agreement
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EU & South America: 450 organisations coalition wants to stop the the EU-Mercosur agreement due to its negative impacts to the environment and to labour and human rights
450 civil society organisations have launched a coalition to stop the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, warning that it would be detrimental to climate, biodiversity, labour and human rights.
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EU-Mercosur deal harmful to forests & environment
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Latin America: EU free trade deal with Mercosur ignores environmental & human rights situation in Brazil