Emmanuel Macron calls EU-Mercosur ‘a very bad deal’: All about the controversial agreement

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The deal will ease trade barriers between the EU and the South American Mercosur bloc. However, there are several concerns about environmental damage and labour conditions During the last day of his diplomatic trip to Brazil, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the potential free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the South American bloc Mercosur is a “very bad deal”. Macron said that the deal has “nothing that takes into consideration the subject of biodiversity and climate; nothing.” He said, “let’s forge a new deal in light of our goals and reality, a trade deal that is...