"Let me do myself the negotiation" MERCOSUR bets

January 2026. The veto of the EU-Mercosur follows prior notice as B2Bioworld documents, Lobbyists for the European beef and rice sectors won over their national policymakers. After decades of negotiations and dependence on trade with the EU, individual Mercosur members are taking control of their own economic future – with the help of China. 

Included detailed trade data on Mercosur states, product categories (beef, apples, chemicals), tariffs, transportation infrastructures, ports and free zones, as well as as investments. Special attention to Brazil, Uruguay, pesticide regimes, or Transparency International’s findings.

Read about fragmented trade blocs, build-up of national infrastructures, an interview with Uruguay’s former agrominister and negotiator, Francesco Lollobrigida, Italy’s agrominister associating himself with opposing rice farmers, and views  from Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina collected by B2Bioworld. A noteworthy background to Giorgia Meloni’s current move to delay a vote on the Mercosur deal. Reading time: 43 min

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