2023 is a key year for three big trade and investment agreements the EU wants to sign and ratify with Mexico, Chile and the four Mercosur states, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.
These agreements are part of an out-dated neoliberal and colonial model of trade that has destroyed the planet and driven inequality: they serve corporate interests at the expense of planetary boundaries, decent jobs and working conditions, human rights and animal welfare.
On Friday 25th of May, the Trade Ministers of the EU member States meet in Brussels to discuss their next steps towards the ratification of the trade deals. At the same time, negotiators of the EU and the Mercosur countries will try to close negotiations on a joint instrument which supposedly strengthens the sustainability aspects of this agreement – leaks have shown that this is merely an attempt to greenwash an inherently bad trade deal.
Watch the videos in English and Portuguese and take virtual action tomorrow, the 25th of May.
Lear more here: https://stopeumercosur.org/join-the-wave-of-action/
Video in English here: https://youtu.be/pUGVzBfPXaU