NGOs have called on EU and Mercosur trade deal negotiators to explicitly reject any investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)-like mechanisms that could impact public health in any final trade deal between the two trade blocs. Meanwhile, the European Commission wants to clean up the reputation of such mechanisms by setting up a Multilateral Investment Court.
Despite setbacks at the end of 2017, trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) look set to resume soon, according to the commission (Also see "IPR-Enhancing EU-Mercosur Trade Talks Set To Resume After Stalling" - Pink Sheet, 10 January, 2018.)
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