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Will the EU finally sign a trade deal with South America?
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After 20 years of negotiating and reaching an agreement in 2019, the EU still hasn’t signed a deal with the South American trade bloc Mercosur. So in this video, we outline what’s happened, why it’s been put on ice and whether it will ever be ratified.
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1 – https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_19_3396
2 – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-mercosur-trade-deal-threatens-indigenous-lands-activist-says-2023-06-29/
3 – https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-expects-reach-trade-agreement-with-eu-six-months-if-elected-2022-09-21/
4 – https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-mercosur-deal-truth-amazon-deforestation-trade-agreement-france-emmanuel-macron/
5 – https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/eu-chief-sees-mercosur-deal-this-year-lula-fears-environmental-sanctions-2023-06-12/
6 – https://www.barrons.com/news/argentina-brazil-take-aim-at-eu-s-environmental-trade-deal-conditions-2c7bb389
7 – https://apnews.com/article/eu-latin-america-summit-ukraine-b0c9cf42c7bbfc58afba3b6f89e3cac6
8 – https://en.mercopress.com/2023/07/04/argentina-s-fm-insists-asymmetries-make-eu-deal-untenable
9 – https://www.reuters.com/markets/eu-warns-against-adjusting-mercosur-trade-deal-2023-06-07/
10 – https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/economy-and-ecology/a-last-chance-at-an-eu-mercosur-agreement-6489/
11 – https://www.ft.com/content/423f37e0-f3a9-448b-87fe-6e60b3384505
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In this video, we’ll discuss the EU’s new plan to quietly tax US Big Tech – and whether it could work.
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The EU’s plan to capture US Big Tech revenue
https://www.ft.com/content/ad06ed89-f600-4694-8c95-7d53b6d3315b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/brussels-looks-capture-big-tech-through-tax-large-corporations-ft-reports-2026-10-07/
EU rejects France’s calls for an EU-wide digital services tax
https://www.ft.com/content/e5a76494-71df-4ee0-a85f-b28f2c94ded6?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.vatcalc.com/global/eu-holds-back-on-digital-services-tax-as-us-raises-retaliation-threat/
EU’s proposed CORE mechanism
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/08/28/the-commissions-foray-into-corporate-taxation-a-core-problem-for-the-eu-budget/
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/eu-budget-2028-2034_en#driving-prosperity-via-competitiveness-research-and-innovation
US exempted from Pillar 2 of OECD’s global minimum corporate tax agreement
https://youtu.be/85voZ2FJhZk?si=6jVOHTB5CBTKvigd
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/us-exemption-oecd-global-tax-deal-multinational-companies
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/08/oecd-deal-imposes-global-minimum-corporate-tax-of-15
G7 statement on global minimum tax
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/g7-statement-on-global-minimum-taxes.html
https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/canada-g7-releases-statement-on-global-minimum-tax-pillar-two-and-canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax
European Digital Services Taxes (DSTs)
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/digital-services-taxes-europe/
https://taxfoundation.org/testimony/pillar-one-digital-services-taxes/
https://www.reuters.com/en/germany-seeks-levy-10-tax-online-platforms-like-google-2025-05-29/
Accusations of tax avoidance by Silicon Valley tech companies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
https://itep.org/trump-meta-tesla-alphabet-amazon-obbba-taxes/
https://itep.org/amazon-alphabet-meta-tesla-pro-trump-tech-companies-avoided-taxes/
0:00 The EU’s Sneaky Plan to Tax US Big Tech Explained
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In this video, we will investigate how Russia uses bots for its influence campaigns, how the recent strikes may have affected Russian bots and what this could mean for Russia.
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In this video, we’re going to explain why the Trump-Putin diesel deal is probably illegal; whether it’ll get struck down; and why – either way – it’s a pretty rubbish deal anyway, even from Trump’s perspective.
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Diesel prices/components
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/us-diesel-sales-price-$-per-gallon-w-na-fed-data.html
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil
https://www.ft.com/content/f117f347-e1e0-457c-83fc-ba4745581bb2?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Fuel vs Dem congressional ballot
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/09/17/high-petrol-prices-could-hand-democrats-a-mighty-midterm-victory
Trump Truth Social posts
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117412435306815143
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117422699218841250
Zelenskyy comments
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/exclusive-zelensky-putin-trump-diesel-deal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/6141601-russia-strikes-ukraine-power-plant/
Laws
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6140830-fitzpatrick-bill-block-russian-oil/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6968
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-related-sanctions
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5025
Reports that Russia lacks refining capacity
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/why-is-us-turning-to-russia-for-diesel-despite-sanctions
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Last month, Ursula von der Leyen announced the formation of a European Security Council that would help to coordinate a response and strategy against hybrid attacks. In this video, we’re taking a look at how this could look like and the hurdles standing in the way.
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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/ov/SPEECH_26_1868
https://sieps.se/en/publications/2026/forging-european-strategic-unity-the-case-for-a-european-security-council/
https://www.martenscentre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/european-security-council-blueprint.pdf
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-greenland-crisis-revives-calls-for-european-security-council/
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/future-e3/origins-and-development-e3
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/the-consultation-process-and-article-4
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/european-security-council-between-strategic-need-and-institutional
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/757822/EPRS_BRI(2024)757822_EN.pdf
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@rosshilton
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
The Australian EU FTA fell apart at the weekend.
@Dan1ell
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Perhaps Mercosur should mirror the EU and demand the ability to sanction the EU whenever they stimulate political unrest in the world, for example by supporting Isreal without conditions, and creating unrest in the Middle East as a consequence. If the EU can sanction on behalf of the environment then Mercosur can sanction on behalf of political stability. Let's see how they like that.
@Marcuscangussu13
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Micron and his team of EU contries led by van der Lier will not agree to this.
The model Micron and other want is the business like they run in Niger.
They are deploying military troops there to recolonize Africa
Shame on France
@DzzO
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
The clause of equality in public contracts is imperialist as fuck. And threats of sanctions due to environment distruction is also unacceptable. EU needs Brazil's agriculture imports more than ever. It's an imperialist unequal trade deal as is.
@Mayalovestosleep
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
hundreds of years doing business with europe equaled to 5 years doing business with china and the biggest port in south america (predicted to finish construction next year) will only strengthen the relations between china and south america, also brazil and china are brics partners
@grandmasteryoda6717
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Just get it done already
@Aspartame69
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Oh look, the EU singing trade off with another generally hostile part of the world. What could go wrong?
@lokesh303101
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Yes!
@ambition112
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
0:29: 💼 The Merkasaur trade deal between the European Union and the South American trade block is being revived after being put on hold since 2019.
2:58: 🌍 The trade deal between the European Union and South America faces concerns over environmental impact and indigenous rights, but recent political changes have revived hopes for its revival.
5:51: 🌍 Negotiations for an agreement between Mercosur and the EU face challenges due to concerns from Latin American partners and opposition from individual EU member states.
8:31: ⏳ Time is running out for resolving geopolitical tensions, including China's troubling decisions.
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@darylbas8216
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Europe should be cautious negotiating with the quasi-dictators of South America. Has the lesson of Ostpolitik been so quickly forgotten by the European leadership?
@xenoxtrollik4150
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Ahhh yes love the 21 century where Economist growth is considered a bad thing
@franciscoguzman1524
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Hispanoamerica y Brasil tienen que comerciar con sus Madres España y Portugal, como socios preferentes número 1, no con la EU francia o alemania.
@rafalkaminski6389
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Africa, good bye 🙂
@capio78
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Anything that takes decades is never going to happen. You can sit in a room for an hour and discuss a huge amount of information. This is just bureaucrats flexing and justifying their salaries.
@humanafterall2076
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Don’t do it
The eu will eff you up a destroy you
Stay away from the fascist eu
@sarassadauskas5689
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
On the main picture it shows Ireland isn't in EU 😀
@xMYx507
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
I only ask EU to not stuff too much political interests in the agreement.
It will make EU lose to China.
@cfv1984
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Screw the EU though. We refuse to become subject to their asymmetric bad faith garbage that will only be abused just so the French can send us literal containers of human poop FOR A THIRD TIME with no consequences.
If they really want the deal to go through it will have to happen between parties with equal standing, or they can just eat it.
@hugomoreira2934
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Plot twist: amazon deforestation is way bigger now with Lula than it was with bolsonaro.
@Filosoflex
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Take off France from accord. It,s only way It happens!
@christhopervargas2275
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
i think someone is forgeting the deals chile have
@rosshilton
February 16, 2024 at 4:27 pm
For those concerned about the quality of food imported to the EU:
Belgium is currently exporting huge quantities of pesticides that are banned within the European Union to the rest of the world, RTBF and Le Vif report.
According to a recent study by 6 NGOs (SOS Faim, Broederlijk Delen, FIAN, Iles de Paix, Viva Salud and Entraide et Fraternité), between 2013 and 2020 Belgium exported 50,000 tonnes of pesticides prohibited for agricultural use in Europe to more than 70 countries: an average of 6,250 tonnes each year.