The European Union should try to complete free trade agreements with Australia, Mexico and the South American bloc Mercosur before the end of the year, declared the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Wednesday.
Von der Leyen told the European Parliament in her annual State of the Union address that the EU should then study possible agreements with India and Indonesia.
The head of the Commission stated that the European Union is also intensifying its partnerships with countries to increase EU access to critical minerals and explained that the bloc could convene a first meeting of a “critical raw materials club” with these partners at the end of this year.
