Sustainable Development Issues in the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement
1. Academic Studies
| Publication Details and Link to Full Text | Synopsis |
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| LSE - Sustainability Impact Assessment in Support of the Association Agreement Negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur - Interim Report (2019) | This Interim Report for the EU‐Mercosur Association Agreement (AA) Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) presents the quantitative and qualitative results of the economic analysis, environmental, social, and human rights (HR) analyses undertaken. |
| University of Manchester - Final Overview Trade SIA EU-Mercosur, Final Report (2009) | Analysis of the potential economic, social and environmental impacts of successful completion of ongoing negotiations for an Association Agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur member countries |
2. Texts and Studies by European Institutions and National Governments
| Institution | Publication Details and Link to Full Text | Synopsis |
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| European Commission | New EU-Mercosur trade agreement: The agreement in principle, Brussels, 1 July 2019 | Details of the published texts and the Agreement in principle |
| European Commission | Position Paper on the Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (July 2010) | The reaction of Commission Services to the 2010 Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) of the Association Agreement under negotiation between the EU and Mercosur. |
3. Studies by Mercosur Institutions and National Governments
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4. Studies by International Organisations
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5. Studies by Civil Society Organisations
| Author Organisation(s) | Publication Details and Link to Full Text | Synopsis |
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| Eurogroup for Animals | Animal Welfare in EU-Mercosur Trade Negotiations | This note presents Eurogroup for Animals’ contribution to the Sustainability Impact Assessment which was published in 2019, underlining key issues related to animals in the context of EU-Mercosur trade negotiations. |
| Mighty Earth, Rainforest Foundation Norway, Fern | The Avoidable Crisis:The European Meat Industry's Environmental Catastrophe | This report documents how soy raised for European animal feed drives deforestation in Argentina and Paraguay, two of the leading soy-producing countries in South America. |
| Fern et al (20+organisations) | 100 days of Bolsonaro: Ending the EU’s role in the assault on the Amazon (2019) |
Tis briefing details how the EU and Brazil are deeply economically entwined and calls on the EU to use its trade, investment and diplomatic leverages to ensure it is not complicit in Bolsonaro’s threatening policies for forests and Indigenous Peoples. |
| Institut Veblen | Un accord perdant-perdant. Analyse préliminaire de l’accord de commerce entre l’UE et le Mercosur (2019) |
Ce rapport conjoint est une analyse préliminaire de l’accord sur la base des premiers textes publiés par la Commission européenne pendant l’été 2019. |
| Forestcover | Newsletter April 2018 | Describes the big 4 drivers of deforestation: beef, soy, wood and palm oil |
| Bilaterals.org (Ciaran Cross) | EU-Mercosur FTA: An assessment of the trade and sustainable development chapter (2017) | Identifies various problems and deficiencies with the TSD chapter in the EU-Mercosur-FTA |
6. Studies and Statements by Private Sector Organisations
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