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EU will provisionally apply contested South America trade deal

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen recalled that member states gave the EU executive power to provisionally apply the Mercosur trade deal © Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP

The European Commission announced Friday it will provisionally implement a mammoth trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur, prompting a public split between its two largest member states France and Germany.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen announced the bloc would go forward with agreement pending the EU top court's ruling on its legality after Argentina and Uruguay ratified the agreement Thursday.

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