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EU and South America strike trade deal, but faces pushback in Europe

THE European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc struck an agreement on a long-delayed free trade deal on Friday (Dec 6), which now, however, faces a tortuous battle for approval in Europe, where ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) having a meeting with Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle (second right) at the Torre Ejecutiva, the government's headquarters in Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec 5, 2024.

EU chief in last-gasp push to close South America trade deal

EUROPEAN Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that a controversial free-trade deal between the EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc was “in sight” but her hopes of sealing the pa...