It took 20 years of on-and-off talks to reach a deal Friday on a trade pact between the European Union and four South American nations. Winning implementation could take years, with environmentalists and trade unions making final approval a challenge. In Europe, some politicians and activists contend that opening domestic markets to Brazilian agricultural exports will fuel deforestation in the Amazon. Farmers and ranchers from France to Poland say they are being sacrificed to secure markets for Europe’s powerful industrial...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 30, 2019 18:11 UTC