Brazil describes as "unacceptable" EU's latest demand in trade deal with Mercosur

STORY: Brazil describes as "unacceptable" EU's latest demand in trade deal with Mercosur DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: PUERTO IGUAZU, Argentina CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's arrival 2. various of Mercosur summit of heads of state at Puerto Iguazu, Argentina 3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese): LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA, Brazilian President STORYLINE: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday criticized as "unacceptable" the EU's latest demand for ratifying a trade agreement with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). "They sent us a letter imposing some conditions. We did not accept the letter. Now we are preparing another response," Lula said at a broadcast on his social media when attending a Mercosur summit of heads of state at Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. Following 20 years of negotiations, the agreement reached by Mercosur and the EU in 2019 is still pending, while the EU earlier this year attached a new stipula