The news came at the end of the day, Friday 28 June: 20 years to the day after their first attempt, the European Union and Mercosur, the South American common market, have finalised negotiations to modernise the commercial side of an association agreement between the two blocs.
Seized at the last minute, between Brussels and Osaka, this agreement, once signed and ratified, would give the EU unprecedented access to a market of 260 million consumers, the fifth most important economy for the...