Macron’s Delaying Tactics Risk Burying Mercosur Deal For Good
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000French farmers protest against Mercosur during a demonstration in Vierzon, in November. Photographer: Frédéric Moreau/AFP/Getty ImagesEmmanuel Macron’s push to delay a key European Union vote on the Mercosur trade agreement risks derailing the pact altogether.The French president is worried about the situation facing French farmers and believes the deal, in its current form, does not provide adequate safeguards, according to an aide. Therefore he has asked the head of the EU’s executive arm, the Commission, to postpone the signing of the agreement.