During a meeting to discuss the free trade agreement between Mercosur-European Union, representatives of the dairy industry requested that their products be excluded from the agreement, according to information from the Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives (OCB).
The meeting between representatives of the dairy sector took place during the 15th Pan-American Dairy Congress, held by Fepale, an international organization representing the dairy sector, which also supports the positioning of producers and the dairy industry regarding the suppression of milk in the milk sector. free trade agreement.
According to the OCB, representatives of the dairy sector of the Mercosur countries are opposed to the entry of milk and its derivatives into the free trade agreement, because they understand that the sanitary barriers and the policy to encourage production will compromise the viability of the sector in the five countries that integrate the block.
In view of this scenario, representatives of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile decided to prepare a document intended for the governments of their countries, in order to demonstrate the positioning of the sector, which is unanimously against the entry of dairy products into the agreement with the EU.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.