Question 17122 — foreign policy

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Mr. Jean-Yves Bony draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur envisaged at the end of the year and which could mark the opening of the European market to more than 100,000 tonnes of South American beef. A free trade treaty between the European Union and Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, in negotiation for 18 years, could be signed shortly. The profession is worried because this treaty will allow the importation into France of beef, particularly from Brazil, where the conditions for breeding and slaughtering cattle pose a problem. It is clear that the signing of CETA and Mercosur risks causing the disappearance of 20,000 to 30,000 French breeders. He asks him to indicate the measures that the Government intends to take to preserve the farms, jobs and the French production model in order to prevent Europe from setting a course towards the disappearance of cattle farming with this new EU-Mercosur agreement. Furthermore, he asks him if he will set up a new commission of experts responsible for evaluating the consequences of an agreement between the EU and Mercosur on cattle breeding, health and the environment.

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