Ratification of EU's Mercosur trade deal runs into more problems

Schedule that envisaged trade agreement coming into force in 2021 is derailed

German Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner: “With regard to Mercosur, we agriculture ministers are very, very skeptical.”

EU plans to push ahead with ratification of the Mercosur trade deal have been derailed.

October was the target for the trade deal text agreed by the European Commission and Mercosur to be sent for approval by the EU Council, the European Parliament, and by EU national parliaments.