BS: mercusco agreement and brexit

Subject: BS: mercusco agreement and brexit
From: The Sandman
Date: 11 Aug 19 - 04:07 AM

Both these events are likely to adversely affect   IRISH FARMING. here is a suggestion or two, the irish government should reintroduce a third of a pint of milk free for irish schoolchildren, and provide for every schoolchild a fee dinner of irish beef or lamb every schoolday, this would help irish farmers and also ensue schoolchildren have a proper meal every day so that they can do their schoolwork without being hungry.
we now have a situation where there are foodbanks in places such as Skibbereen, YET POLITICIANS TWIDDLE THEIR THUMBS AND GET SUBSIDISED ALCOHOL IN THE BAR OF THE DAIL, DISGRACEFUL

Subject: RE: BS: mercusco agreement and brexit
From: DMcG
Date: 11 Aug 19 - 04:17 AM

When I speed read that I thought at last a politician has come up with a sensible idea on how to best utilise the milk lakes that may arise if milk cannot cross between NI and the Republic.

Sadly, I now see the great idea is yours, and not a politicians. So there is every chance the milk will be thrown away.

Subject: RE: BS: mercusco agreement and brexit
From: Iains
Date: 11 Aug 19 - 05:21 AM

An internet search for mercusco returns nothing.
I presume you mean:
https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/eu-mercosur-association-agreement/

Subject: RE: BS: mercusco agreement and brexit
From: Iains
Date: 11 Aug 19 - 06:19 AM

https://www.ifa.ie/brexit/brexit-ireland/

https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/news/farming-news/qa-mercosur-and-ireland-what-impact-will-agreement-have-on-our-eco

Subject: RE: BS: mercusco agreement and brexit
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Aug 19 - 08:06 AM

Forbes Magazine has a feature story --
they spell it Mercosur --
but my attempt to make a link has failed.

Subject: RE: BS: mercusco agreement and brexit
From: The Sandman
Date: 11 Aug 19 - 08:34 AM

The EU has concluded a trade agreement with the four founding members of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) as part of a bi-regional Association Agreement.

Current trade relations between the EU and Mercosur are based on an inter-regional Framework Cooperation Agreement which entered into force from 1999.

The EU and individual Mercosur countries also have bilateral framework cooperation agreements, which also deal with trade-related matters.
The EU-Mercosur negotiations for a Trade Agreement

The EU-Mercosur negotiations started in 2000 and over the last years experienced different phases.

In May 2016, the EU and Mercosur relaunched the negotiation process, exchanged new market access offers and intensified the pace of negotiations by holding negotiation rounds and meeting at regular intervals.

The current negotiations aim at concluding an ambitious, comprehensive agreement and balanced agreement covering issues such as:

    tariffs
    rules of origin
    technical barriers to trade
    sanitary and phytosanitary measures
    services
    government procurement
    intellectual property
    sustainable development
    small- and medium-sized enterprises

More information on the EU-Mercosur trade deal
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Note: the figures below represent trade with the four Mercosur countries negotiating with the EU

    The EU is Mercosur's number one trade and investment partner.
    The EU is Mercosur's second biggest trade in goods partner, accounting for 20.1% of the bloc's total trade in 2018.
    The EU's exports to the four Mercosur countries totalled €45 billion in 2018. Mercosur's exports to the EU were €42.6 billion in 2018.
    Mercosur's biggest exports to the EU in 2018 were agricultural products, such as foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco (20.5%), vegetable products including soya and coffee (16.3%) and meats and other animal products (6.1%).
    The EU's exports to Mercosur include machinery (28.6%), transport equipment (13.3% of total exports), chemicals and pharmaceutical products (23.6%).
    The EU exported €23 billion of services to Mercosur while Mercosur exported € 11 billion of services to the EU in 2017.
    The EU is the biggest foreign investor in the region, with an accumulated stock of investment that has gone up from €130 billion in 2000 to €381 billion in 2017.
    Mercosur is a major investor in the EU, with stocks of €52 billion in 2017.

EU-Mercosur: Trade in goods
Table
EU importsEU exportsBalance201620172018Years02550Billions

Date of retrieval: 17/04/2019

More statistics on Mercosur
EU and Mercosur

Mercosur was established in 1991 and encompasses Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay. Venezuela, which officially joined in July 2012 was suspended from membership in 2017.

In December 2012, the Protocol of Accession of Bolivia to Mercosur was signed. This protocol is pending ratification by all parliaments in Mercosur countries.

The EU has bilateral Partnership and Cooperation agreements with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Mercosur countries no longer benefit from the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) scheme due to their classification as high middle-income countries. However, they remain GSP-eligible countries.
Trading with Mercosur

    Importing into the EU from Mercosur
    Exporting from the EU to Mercosur
    The EU has delegations in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela
    Mercosur official website
    Sustainability impact assessment on EU-Mercosur Association Agreement N

Subject: RE: BS: mercusco agreement and brexit
From: The Sandman
Date: 11 Aug 19 - 08:35 AM

in short ireland will be flooded with cheap south american beef, in return germany will sell cars to south america , that is my understanding of it, please correct me if i am mistaken