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Brussels, Mar 25 (EFE), (Camera: Dani Rovirosa).- For the co-president of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly the Euro MEP Javi López there is no doubt that "the two biggest problems for the resolution of the trade agreement" between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur are "the French elections and the presidency of Bolsonaro" in Brazil. SOUNDBITES OF JAVI LÓPEZ, CO-PRESIDENT OF THE EURO-LATIN AMERICAN PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY:"I think that nowadays the two biggest problems for the resolution of the trade agreement are first, French elections. French elections will determine any decision from the French government or the presidency. Secondly, the presidency of Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro, its figure, causes great distortion in terms of politics and public opinion. And this is an important issue."
French Economy Minister, Bruno Le Maire, and Agriculture Minister, Marc Fesneau, chair a committee to monitor the trade negotiations between supermarkets and their suppliers, which are intended to protect producers' incomes, against a backdrop of strong mobilisation by farmers across France. IMAGES
Hundreds of tractors block traffic on a stretch of motorway leading to Strasbourg and the European Parliament, to denounce the new Common Agriculture Policy, which will see European aid used for more agro-ecological purposes. IMAGES
India has some of the highest farmer suicide rates in the world, and experts fear the crisis could worsen if three laws affecting them aren't repealed. The new laws that they have passed, we call them death warrants of farmers and laborers. Kewal Singh Farmer, Punjab According to Business Insider, the laws deregulate the buying and selling of agricultural goods. That's led farmers to fear they will be exploited by corporations. The massive country's government is in talks with farmers, who continue to block road and rail routes across the country.
US Vice President Mike Pence says the United states is 'ready, willing and able' to 'immediately' negociate a free-trade agreement with the UK during a visit to 10 Downing Street. SOUNDBITE
United States President Barack Obama spoke about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Vientiane on Wednesday. In his last trip to Asia as US President, Obama encouraged free trade agreements between nations. Both Democratic and Republican presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have voiced their opposition to the TTP agreement.
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