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Farmers block Brussels roads, light fires in tense protest over EU&Mercosur deal
Farmers in tractors blocked roads and scuffled with riot police outside a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels on Wednesday to protest against a major free-trade deal with South American trading bloc Mercosur. Critics of the deal, particularly in France, are worried about the prospect of an influx of cheaper goods from agricultural giant Brazil and its neighbours.
Farmers in tractors blocked roads and scuffled with riot police outside a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels on Wednesday to protest against a major free-trade deal with South American trading bloc Mercosur. Critics of the deal, particularly in France, are worried about the prospect of an influx of cheaper goods from agricultural giant Brazil and its neighbours.
