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EU-Mercosur trade deal ratification is on European Council focus list after progress on sustainability

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 23 Mar 2023 12:40
  • 23 Mar 2023 12:40
The EU's Mercosur trade agreement is likely to take up a large chunk of EU leaders’ trade discussion this evening, as negotiations have intensified on a special sustainability declaration needed to unlock the ratification process.
The nine-page draft declaration, seen by MLex, shows that the two sides want to reaffirm

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Joanna Sopinska

Senior Correspondent


Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.

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