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EU Observer (15 May 2026)

Léa MARCHAL

It has been only two weeks since the EU-Mercosur trade agreement provisionally entered into force. And yet, a major development has arisen: Brazil, the biggest partner in the Mercosur bloc, will be banned from exporting meat to the EU as of September because it uses antimicrobials to promote animal growth.

Is this decision irreversible, and what can we learn from it?

On Thursday (12 May), the EU updated its list of countries authorised to export meat to the EU, in light of EU sanitary and phytosanitary rules.

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