Members of the French Parliament expressed their views on European trade policy at a hearing in the National Assembly with the European Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, and the French Minister for Trade, Franck Riester, on Tuesday 9 March. Many raised concerns about the agreement with Mercosur and insisted on the subject of deforestation in Brazil.
“Isn’t it time to suspend the agreement or renegotiate it?” asked Deputy Jean-Michel Clément, a member of the Libertés et...