Brussels/Sao Paolo, 14/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - Free trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur are still at deadlock, due to a lack of progress on public procurement from the Mercosur side, and on the size of agricultural quotas on the European one. Negotiations on investments, on the other hand, are very close to being concluded. The negotiators on both sides decided to extend their talks until Wednesday 16 June, after an unproductive session of technical negotiations in Buenos Aires...