Opinion Piece: - Lights and Shadows of the MERCOSUR-EUROPEAN UNION Agreement in Fishing

URUGUAY
Sunday, December 21, 2025, 00:00 (GMT + 9)

  European farmers and ranchers demonstrated last Wednesday in Brussels with street blockades, tractor rallies, egg-throwing, and various fires in rejection of the MERCOSUR-EUROPEAN UNION Strategic Association Agreement. It is notable that producers, even while subsidized, fear the entry of raw materials from MERCOSUR which, in Argentina, are subject to export duties (retenciones). This makes it evident that the European agricultural model is exhausted and is sustained through protectionist policies. It should also be said that the proposed Agreement stops halfway and it does not seem that the national government or sectoral leaders of our country have read it in depth; because import tariffs continue to be applied and several clauses delay their elimination or remain subject to the free will of the Europeans to protect their economies. The position of President Lu... FULL STORY