EU contacts Brazil to resume Mercosur trade pact talks – report

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Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu

European Union representatives have approached Brazil's government seeking to rekindle negotiations with South America's Mercosur bloc on a stalled trade agreement, according to Reuters.

The Mercosur deal, which has taken two decades to negotiate and would create the world's largest free market in terms of population.