The European Union's newly signed trade deal with Australia is triggering backlash in France, with farmers and opposition politicians criticizing the agreement as similar to the controversial Mercosur pact and calling for the French government to block it. The deal would gradually increase Australian beef imports to Europe from 3,389 tons to 30,600 tons annually, prompting French farm groups and left-wing MEPs to denounce it as harmful to European agriculture, while EU officials brace for a sustained French campaign against ratification.
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The European Union's newly signed trade deal with Australia is triggering backlash in France, with farmers and opposition politicians criticizing the agreement as similar to the controversial Mercosur pact and calling for the French government to block it. The deal would gradually increase Australian beef imports to Europe from 3,389 tons to 30,600 tons annually, prompting French farm groups and left-wing MEPs to denounce it as harmful to European agriculture, while EU officials brace for a sustained French campaign against ratification.