Lula’s Ultimatum Forces An EU–Mercosur Deal Reckoning In Europe

Key Points Lula says: sign by December 20, or Brazil walks away for his term. France and Italy are resisting, and Brussels is tightening farm-import safeguards. The standoff is a credibility test for multilateral trade. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sharpened a 26-year negotiation into a deadline. If the European Union does not […]