While it was approved last Friday by a majority of EU member states, the European Union's Mercosur free trade agreement is not yet out of the woods.
Several countries, led by France, remain opposed to the deal, which would create a free-trade area between the EU and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. They argue it would expose EU farmers to unfair competition because of looser production standards in Latin America – and they are not finished with their efforts to stop it going ahead.
