Brazil's Lula hopes EU-Mercosur trade deal will be signed in January

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Saturday he hopes a massive free-trade deal between the South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union will be signed in January. Protests on Friday by European farmers and opposition from France and Italy threatened to quash an agreement that has been under negotiation for more than 26 years.

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