17 January 2024
The European Footwear Confederation (CEC) has joined 22 other associations in a letter urging the European Union (EU) to conclude and ratify the EU-Mercosur agreement. Report by ILM.
The associations highlight that the agreement will help diversify the value chains both for both imports and exports as well as open opportunities to maintain a strong industrial structure in the EU.
The letter reads: “The agreement offers Europe a unique and timely chance to seize its first-mover advantage to partner up with one of the world’s largest economies. A deal helps to significantly reduce both high tariff and non-tariff barriers that negatively affect European companies’ chances to compete on Mercosur’s relatively closed market with over 270 million consumers.”
Mercosur is a South American trade bloc consisting of Argentina, Bolivia (as of 2023), Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
We bring leather, material and fashion businesses together: an opportunity to meet and greet face to face. We bring them from all parts of the world so that they can find fresh partners, discover new customers or suppliers and keep ahead of industry developments.
We organise a number of trade exhibitions which focus on fashion and lifestyle: sectors that are constantly in flux, so visitors and exhibitors alike need to be constantly aware both of the changes around them and those forecast for coming seasons.
