French Farmers Roll Tractors to Paris to Protest Free-Trade Deal
Farmers during a demonstration against the Mercosur trade pact in central Paris, Jan. 8.
Photographer: Benjamin Girette/BloombergFrench farmers drove dozens of tractors to the Eiffel Tower and other Parisian landmarks to pressure the government not to support a European Union free-trade deal with South American nations.
The protest comes on the eve of a key meeting in Brussels when EU ambassadors could sign off on the agreement with so-called Mercosur countries in South America. Farming unions say that would expose them to unfair competition.