In a press conference after a bilateral meeting with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) said that Brazil has concerns about additional instruments to the agreement with the European Union that increase the country’s obligations and impose sanctions in case of non-compliance.
“I explained to President Van Der Leyen Brazil’s concerns with the additional instrument to the agreement presented by the European Union in March of this year, which expands Brazil’s obligations and makes them subject to sanctions in case of non-compliance”.
“The premise that must exist between strategic partners is that of mutual trust and not distrust and sanctions,” he added.
Ursula declared that both believe that the time has come to conclude the Mercosur-European Union agreement, which has been under discussion since 1999.
“We have the ambition to finish as soon as possible, at the latest by the end of the year”, he revealed.
(With information from Reuters)
Source: CNN Brasil
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