Despite Parliament's recommendations that negotiation of the agreement with Member State should be decoupled from the WTO's Doha Round, the delays in the negotiations with Mercosur have led to their temporary de facto subordination to the development and finalisation of the Doha Round.
Pretēji Parlamenta ieteikumiem nošķirt Mercosur nolīguma sarunas no PTO Dohas sarunu kārtas, kavēšanās sarunās ar Mercosur valstīm nosaka to, ka šo sarunu laika grafiks kļuvis atkarīgs no Dohas sarunu kārtas gaitas un noslēguma.