The agricultural workers fear that cheaper Latin American beef could drive them out of business
Farmers across France have continued to block key motorways and ports in protest against a trade deal between the EU and Latin American economic bloc, Mercosur.
The agricultural workers are citing unfair competition from Latin American meat producers, who don’t have to follow the EU’s strict environmental rules.
Early on Monday, some 30 tractors and 60 protesters set up a barricade of straw bales outside oil facilities at the industrial port of La Pallice near La Rochelle, according to local media reports.
Around 30 tractors blocked access to a grain…
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