Poland: The trade agreement with Mercosur needs to be reviewed

Published 2022년 3월 8일

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Poland's deputy minister of agriculture, Ryszard Bartosik, has expressed the country's desire to re-evaluate the EU's position on the trade agreement with Mercosur. The agreement, which was reached in June 2019 after nearly 20 years of negotiations, needs to be ratified by member states. However, Poland and other EU countries have expressed concerns about the potential negative impact on EU agriculture, including increased imports of products like sugar, beef, poultry, and bioethanol spirit. Despite the trade turnover between Poland and Mercosur being a mere 0.53% of the total trade turnover in 2021, the government is committed to ensuring that Polish agriculture does not suffer as a result of the agreement.

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Poland is in favor of verifying the EU position on the trade agreement with Mercosur - said Ryszard Bartosik, deputy minister of agriculture at the parliamentary committee on agriculture. The European Union and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) reached a political agreement at the end of June 2019 on a trade agreement that was being negotiated for nearly 20 years. It aims to open up markets for products and increase trade; it still has to be ratified by the member states. The deputy head of the ministry indicated at the committee meeting that the ministry shared the opinion of many agricultural organizations that the agreement posed significant threats to EU agriculture. He recalled that Poland, along with some EU countries, is skeptical about the agreement, fearing, inter alia, increased imports to Europe of cane sugar from Brazil, beef from Argentina, as well as poultry and sugar cane spirit, which can be used to produce bioethanol. He added that the situation ...

Source: AgroPolska