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BBC News (4 September 2025)

Adam Durbin

EU member states will be asked to vote on a significant trade deal with four South American economies, after the European Commission promised "robust safeguards" for farmers.

The EU's executive said the agreement with the Mercosur bloc - made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay - would create a free-trade area of around 700 million people, making it the world's largest.

France and Poland had originally warned of the potential impact that cheaper goods and agricultural products could have on their farmers.

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