Plans for a trade deal between the EU and the Mercosur South American free trade zone of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are now in doubt after Austria's parliament rejected the proposal. The future of the EU-Mercosur trade deal was already unclear because of the Amazon forest fires and concerns about the policies of the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will not sign any new bilateral deals with Russia until it drops its support for President Bashar al-Assad or agrees to an international investigation into his alleged use of chemical
Plans for a trade deal between the EU and the Mercosur South American free trade zone of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are now in doubt after Austria's parliament rejected the proposal. The future of the EU-Mercosur trade deal was already unclear because of the Amazon forest fires and concerns about the policies of the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro. France, Ireland and Luxembourg suggested the deal be suspended because of the fires in the Amazon.