'Distrust' of Brazil stalling EU-Mercosur trade deal: official

Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Dec 12, 2020

Distrust in Europe of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's government is holding up ratification of a trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur, the EU ambassador to Brasilia said. Agreed in principle last year after two decades of negotiations, the EU's draft deal with the South American trade bloc would create a huge market of more than 750 million people. But the ratification