EU Delays Mercosur Trade Deal Signing Amid Farmer Protests

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Blocking the EU–Mercosur agreement undermines Europe’s global credibility and risks pushing Latin American economies further into China’s orbit at a moment of intensifying geopolitical competition. After 25 years of negotiations, abandoning a deal covering 780 million people would expose the EU’s inability to act decisively on trade, especially as U.S. tariffs harden access to American markets, leaving the bloc without leverage or alternatives when strategic options beyond both Beijing and Washington are urgently needed.