The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has set a deadline of December 20 to get the go-ahead from member states to approve the region's free-trade agreement with Mercosur.
Approval of the deal is in doubt, with France leading the opposition.
The vote of the 27 EU member states might take place in early December, before the Mercosur summit on December 20 in Brazil, aa source from the commission told the AFP news agency.
European farmers continue to strongly oppose the free-trade deal, which they consider a direct threat to such sectors incl
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