Ireland won’t be voting for the Mercosur deal.
The EU is due to vote on the arrangement on Friday, which would increase trade opportunities between Europe and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The Taoiseach says huge progress has been made in relation to the deal, but says he doesn’t have confidence that Irish farmers won’t be under pressure if the deal goes through.
Speaking in China, Micheál Martin told reporters that Ireland will vote no:
“So progress has been made but there is a lot more work to be done, but in terms of the basic issue around the obligations of standards of Irish farmers, our sense is that we don’t have confidence that they won’t be undercut, the Government will be voting no.”