The agreement was denounced by European cattle farmers, environmental activists and indigenous human rights activists. [5] [10] There have been protests against the agreement. [5] [11] Governments and parliaments of EU member states have also criticised the agreement. In October 2020, the European Parliament [12] and EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis [13] declared that the EU-Mercosur agreement “cannot be adopted in its current form”. 177. Deputy Member Of Parliament Charlie McConalogue called on the Minister for Business, Business and Innovation, both at EU and Member State level, to submit a final trade agreement on market access, quotas and elements under the EXCLUSIVE EU competence and areas subject to national authorisation; If, to date, she or her fellow ministers have carried out evaluations of the scenario; and whether the city must ratify parts of a final agreement with Mercosur, including the provisional implementation of the agreement. [29031/19] The scope of the agreement is very broad. [9] In addition to tariffs, it includes rules of origin, trade aid, health and plant health measures (SPS), technical barriers to trade (OTC), services and investment liberalization, competition policy, subsidies, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), trade and sustainable development. It also includes better access to public procurement and intellectual property rights, including “geographic indications” or protection of regional food specialties. [2] Legal safeguards are in place to protect 357 European food and beverage products from counterfeiting, including Prosciutto di Parma and Herve Cheese. [3] Customs procedures will also be simplified as part of the agreement.
[7] 178. MP Charlie McConalogue has called on the Minister for Business, Business and Innovation to ratify the ratification process at EU and Member State level for the ratification of potential EU trade agreements with Mercosur`s trade bloc on market access and quotas; Items that fall under the EXCLUSIVE jurisdiction of the EU; and areas requiring national approval. [29032/19] 29In addition to ad Valorem customs protection for all countries, we include equivalent-value estimates for specific and mixed tariffs collected by the EU and NAFTA (Canada, the United States and Mexico). For the United States, the value equivalents of tariff quotas are also included. The highest protection in the United States (16 per cent) applies to processed foods, followed by textiles and clothing (10 per cent). The inclusion of non-value tariffs doubles protection in the previous sector, reflecting the importance of taking these duties into account for agricultural products. Chile has moderate and uniform sectoral protection (11 per cent). Mexico has the highest average protection among the countries in the base year (12 per cent) and strongly protects its agricultural industries (cereals, meat products and processed food products). While the EU has fully liberalised intra-regional flows, it strongly protects agricultural sectors by imposing tariffs on MFNs at rates of up to 44% on sensitive products such as cereals and meat. Table 4 shows the ad valorem protection of the MFN applied by Mercosur`s selected partners.
31The results show that regional integration has considerable benefits for all countries in the agreement, significant changes in the patterns of trade and structural adjustments in domestic production. Overall, exports to intra- and extrahespheric markets are growing for Argentina and Brazil, with efficiency gains and global competitiveness increasing. Guaranteed access to large markets, which allows companies to achieve economies of scale, and the dynamic external effects resulting from trade liberalization enhance profits. Google CEO Sundar Pichai called for “international direction” and “agreement on core values” in the future regulation of artificial intelligence.