EU Seeks to Win Over Opponents of Mercosur Trade Deal
The European Commission is set to present an EU trade accord with South America's Mercosur bloc for approval on Wednesday, hoping to win over the main critics of the deal - France, Poland and European farmers - with promises of safeguards.
The European Union and the bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay reached the free trade agreement last December, some 25 years after negotiations were launched.
Now it will be put up for consent in the European Union, requiring a vote in the European Parliament and a qualified majority among EU governments, meaning 15 of 27 members representing 65% of the EU population. Neither is a given...
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