A farmer’s place in the World Bank’s way of thinking

Farmers fear 2018 could be the year when a 20-year bogeyman finally appears, in the shape of an EU trading agreement with Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, which make up the Mercosur trade bloc, writes Stephen Cadogan.

Intense negotiations towards free trade started in 1999. But EU farmer opposition and disagreement between Mercosur countries helped to derail talks time after time, including for six years after 2004.