Trump-Milei pact piles pressure on EU to lock in Mercosur accord

(Lucia Mackenzie and Camille Gijs – Politico) As the EU dithered over its Latin American trade pact, Donald Trump slipped past and moved the cheese. A bilateral deal between the U.S. president and populist fellow traveler Javier Milei of Argentina is calling into question hard-won protections for signature European products in the EU’s trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc. At a moment when Brussels is hoping to show its promise of free trade flows can be a counterweight to Trump’s threats and aggression, the EU’s internal divisions are once again hobbling its bid to wield influence in the Western hemisphere. – Trump-Milei pact piles pressure on EU to lock in Mercosur accord – POLITICO