As a Brazilian, the EU has my gratitude
Someone has to stand against the race to the bottom. Bless the EU.
Retaliation for what? Not fulfilling your part of the contract?
On the Brazilian side they are seeing this as a political move to protect some European farmers - the message from the Brazilian ministry and authorities implies that the EU is not communicating properly with Brazil on the matter and that they are dismissing the Brazilian inspection system as insufficient without giving any details to what its shortcomings might be.
Economists are seeing this as a ploy to delay the trade agreement being negotiated between EU and Mercosur, which when signed will likely be a huge blow to the agribusiness in France and Greece.
A more elaborated article is by the EU Observer, it says,
… The list of countries that are not currently compliant with the EU rules was** originally agreed in May** …
The spokesperson added that the commission had received guarantees that Brazil’s poultry industry was compliant but that “we need them for all animal products” and this was “not the case for beef at the moment" …
Around half of all beef imports to the EU come from Mercosur nations. For its part, Brazil was the EU’s second-largest supplier of beef in 2025, exporting more than 92,000 tonnes worth over €713m.
It seems Brazil is failing here, not the EU.
