Mercosur-EU lost shine due to safeguards on agriculture, but there are opportunities, says Tereza Cristina

Senator Tereza Cristina (PP-MS) said on Wednesday, the 11th, that the agreement between Mercosur and the European Union has lost some of its luster due to safeguards and export quotas that are not favorable to agriculture, but that, as a whole, the agreement is positive and should open many opportunities for the country. She and Senator Nelsinho Trad (PSD-MS) met in the morning with the vice president of the Republic, Geraldo Alckmin. "As a whole, it is an agreement that helps Brazil. There are many opportunities. In agriculture, the safeguards took away a bit of the shine. We already export soy, meats, all types of protein - except pork, which has a small quota - but it is the beginning of a two-way street. So I am sure that it is Mercosur, not just Brazil, that will know how to take advantage of these opportunities," said the senator. According to her, the conversation with Alckmin was about the European safeguards and the future of the agreement, which still needs to be ...