disagreement over the EU-Mercosur deal playing into China's hands? | DW News

The European Union and South America's Mercosur states have spent more than two decades negotiating what could have been the world's largest free trade agreement. But as the EU-Mercosur summit in Rio de Janeiro approaches, the deal seems dead in the water. We're talking to economists Bruno Binetti and Simon Gerards Iglesias about criticism of the trade agreement on both sides of the Atlantic. And we ask if disagreement over the EU-Mercosur deal will play into China's hands. The world's second-largest economy has long built up its stake in South America and now hopes to see less trade competition from Europe.