EU-Australia trade agreement: EU farmers denounce concessions

TRIBUNE – The commercial agreement concluded on March 24 between the European Union and Australia once again imposes heavy concessions on our farmers in sectors already weakened, such as sheep meat, beef, and sugar, European LR parliamentarian denounces.
In Brussels, every trade agreement is seen as a victory for reason. On March 24, 2026, in Canberra, Australia. Advances for the European automotive industry and access to critical Australian raw materials are touted as if these industrial gains were perfectly balanced alchemy. Each concession would be “limited,” each concern is “taken into account.” Except, in reality, the balance shifts and European agriculture is once again asked not to dramatize.
The Commission collects trade agreements as one would collect rare stamps, each newcomer seeming insignificant until the collection becomes cumbersome.
Adding Mercosur, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, the cumulative effect is no longer anecdotal, it becomes a policy of hoping that the sum of small concessions will remain below the anger of farmers.

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