French Farmers Stage New Paris Protest in Effort to Halt Mercosur Deal
French farmers, who drove tractors into Paris on Tuesday, plan to stay overnight in the city center to protest against an EU-Mercosur trade deal they say threatens local agriculture by creating unfair competition with cheaper South American imports. Farmers in France, the European Union's largest agricultural producer, and other member states have been protesting for months over the EU-Mercosur deal and numerous local grievances. The demonstration on Tuesday was organized by the FNSEA, which is one of France's largest farm unions. A separate farmers' union...
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