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EU delays signing of Mercosur trade deal
Bangkok Post
|December 20, 2025
The signing of a trade deal between the EU and South American bloc Mercosur was pushed back to January yesterday, after farmers staged a show of force against the pact outside a Brussels leaders' summit.
Mercosur nations were notified of the delay by the European Commission, after EU plans to seal the pact this week were upended by heavyweights France and Italy.
The EU-Mercosur deal would create the world's biggest free-trade area and help the 27-nation bloc to export more vehicles, machinery, wines and spirits to Latin America at a time of global trade tensions.
This story is from the December 20, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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