EU seeks Amazon protections pledge from Bolsonaro in push to ratify trade deal
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from on (#599QE)
Brazilian president's stance on deforestation remains stumbling block for South America agreement
Brussels is in talks with Brazil's far-right nationalist president, Jair Bolsonaro, over commitments on the future of the Amazon as it seeks to persuade Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders and parliaments to ratify the trade deal the bloc has negotiated with South America.
The ratification of the draft trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur" or Southern Common Market free-trade zone - which spans Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina - has been in doubt almost since it was announced last June.
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