#free-trade-agreement

#free-trade-agreement

The European Union has delayed a massive free-trade deal with South American countries amid protests by EU farmers and as last-minute opposition by France and Italy threatened to derail the agreement. European Commission chief spokesperson Paula Pinho confirmed on Thursday that the signing of the trade pact between the EU and South American bloc Mercosur will be postponed until January, further delaying a deal that had taken some 25 years to negotiate.

Upon arrival in Mumbai, Starmer told the trade mission delegates that the deal "provides huge opportunities," adding that he had asked his team to implement the deal as "quickly as humanly possible." "Our job is to make it easier for you to seize the opportunities," Starmer encouraged the businessmen. "On the plane home, I want each of you to tell me what you got out of this trip a deal, a contact."

The meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in September aims to address U.S. tariffs and the upcoming review of the free trade deal.