Question 5823 — foreign trade

Summary

Ms. Sylvia Pinel draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the future distortion of competition for the livestock sector, and the beef sector in particular, within the framework of the future free trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries. Indeed, the differences in terms of production standards, environmental standards and prices between France and Mercosur will weigh heavily on the sector, particularly in terms of loss of jobs and income for French farms. While France and the European Union are moving towards an agricultural model that is sustainable for the environment and healthy for health, it is paradoxical to conclude an agreement with countries which frequently use transgenic plants, hormones (steroids) and growth activators. In addition to this opposition in terms of agricultural model, This could ultimately lead to a situation of dependence on the export of meat from Mercosur, which is not desirable for the agricultural country that is France, especially since other future agreements would also extend to pork. Also, without calling into question the principle of free trade, she would like to know how such an agreement can be justified and the conditions that the Government intends to impose. to preserve French agriculture.

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