The article seeks to show that the proposal recently presented by the European Comission, promissing the decreasing of trade barriers for Mercosur's agriculture exports to European markets, should not be incautiously interpreted as a sign that a trade agreement between them will be easier to achieve than the creation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). It still remains uncertain that the European Union will accomplish a deep reform of its common agricultural police (CAP).
Mercosur; European Union; Trade; Agriculture; WTO