France Rejects MERCOSUR Agreement Without Anti-Deforestation Guarantee, Says Minister
[uam_ad id="317182"] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The French government will not endorse the association agreement between the European Union and MERCOSUR unless it includes guarantees that increased trade will not result in increased deforestation, French Trade Minister Franck Riester said on Friday, January 29th. The statement came the same week that the President of the European Parliament Environment Committee, also French Pascal Canfin, rejected the agreement: "The Parliament has no intention...
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