Amazon deforestation threatens EU-Mercosur trade deal

Germany's Ambassador to Brazil, Georg Witschel, said Tuesday that unless the Brazilian government reduces Amazon deforestation to the levels of 2017 the Mercosur-European Union trade deal will not be ratified by European countries. Mr. Witschel, who is directly involved in negotiations with the Environment Ministry over the Amazon Fund, called its situation a "tragedy" challenging to reverse and with enormous potential to harm trade negotiations with the EU further. "The failure of the Amazon Fund will be a...

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