The Brazilian government showed itself Hopeful that the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur will come to fruition Despite the stagnation and the "back and forth of the text", reported official sources.
At a forum on Sustainable Reconstruction, this Tuesday (29.09.2020), the Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, stated that "The agreement is very advantageous for both blocks. European agriculture has not grown for many years. They will become less and less competitive compared to Brazil and this scares European producers.
The agreement, announced last year, faces resistance from several European countries, which They criticize the environmental policy of the Brazilian governmentFor the agreement to come into force, it must be approved by the parliaments of each of the countries of the European Union, which seems far from happening at the moment.
For Cristina, "a giant country like ours is very difficult to say that it will resolve this (environmental policy) in a very short time, there are several variables," highlighting, among others, the use of fires by Brazilian producers.
According to the minister, The most sensitive point is not the criticism from European countries but the impact on potential sales.
"My concern is that this negative propaganda does not have a devastating impact on consumers," he said, criticising the environmental policy of European countries.Europe today has an energy matrix that comes from coal, from oil. I know they are working on this, but our energy matrix is much cleaner."He explained.
Cristina stressed that global agriculture only accounts for about 20 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions problem.
Source: Xinhua
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