“Unprecedented” is without a doubt the most overused word of the past year, employed by observers and leaders alike to describe a series of new challenges and justify scrambling responses. But as the initial shock fades, we must take a sober assessment of what lies before us. If 2020 was a year of unprecedented problems, […]

When Amendment 36 was approved in the European Parliament on 6 October with 345 to 295 votes, stating that the “EU-Mercosur agreement cannot be ratified as it stands“, European farmers, NGOs and activists could finally breathe a sigh of relief. The free trade agreement between the European Union and the four Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, […]