EU-Mercosur trade deal's tariff cuts await procedural steps to kick in
By Oscar Pandiello ( March 3, 2026, 15:50 GMT | Comment) -- After more than 26 years of stop-start talks on an EU-Mercosur trade deal, the agreed tariff cuts are set to kick in on the first day of the second calendar month after a range of procedural steps are carried out. But the final ratification process, which includes exchanging formal notifications with the Mercosur countries, could lead to staggered start dates, and European lawmakers could still throw a spanner in the works.The European Commission’s triggering of the provisional application of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement marked a decisive step toward seeing the results of a deal that has been more than a quarter of a century in the making (see here)....
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