In favor of EU-Mercosur, but there are open points -Tajani

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 18 - Italy is broadly in favour of the EU-Mercosur trade deal but there are some points still open such as unsustainable costs for producers as highlighted by Farm Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Monday.
    "We are in favor in principle of the EU-Mercosur agreement, but there are some points that must be resolved because they are not fully satisfactory for Italy," Tajani, who is also deputy premier, told a press briefing in Brussels.
    "I am in favor of concluding the negotiations, but there must be an agreement and there are still some points on which there is no agreement".
    The position, compared to that of Minister Lollobrigida, "is not different", he specified.
    Lollobrigida earlier said: "To date, although we are in favor of open and regulated markets, Europe is not able to guarantee the protection of its entrepreneurs with trade agreements with nations that have extremely lower production costs and therefore capable of entering the market with prices that are not sustainable for our entrepreneurs." Lollobrigida spoke in a press briefing on the sidelines of the EU Agrifish Council, about the trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). (ANSA).