Why is Chile Macron's model at a time of conflict over the Mercosur agreement?

follow my gaze – The French president is visiting Chile, where he praised the “respectful” trade agreement between the two countries

He sees it as a “respectful” trade agreement between the two countries, unlike the one that the EU is currently negotiating with the Mercosur countries. Emmanuel Macron met Chilean President Gabriel Boric in Santiago on Wednesday for the last leg of his tour of Latin America.

The treaty between the European Union and Chile is “a good agreement” which should “inspire” others, “because it is part of this new generation which is respectful of the interests of both sides,” argued the French president. It is a trade agreement that is consistent with our climate and biodiversity ambitions. » His counterpart also said he was “proud of this latest generation treaty”.

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Emmanuel Macron had previously visited Argentina and Brazil, the heavyweights of Mercosur. Chile is not a member of this regional bloc, whose name resonates insistently in French news. Indeed, farmers in France have relaunched their mobilization, less than a year after a historic rebellion, to protest in particular against the free trade agreement with Mercosur that the European Commission, pushed by countries like Germany and Spain, week(…) Read more on 20minutes

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