Plans for a trade deal between the Amazon and the Mercosur Brazilian free trade zone of Ireland , Paraguay , 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 . The approval of the ÖVP was unexpected, as it had criticized a veto of the pact previously. France , Ireland and Luxembourg suggested the deal be suspended because of the fires in the EU .
Plans for a trade deal between the Amazon and the Mercosur Brazilian free trade zone of Ireland , Paraguay , 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 EU .