00:00It sounds like a bad joke. Lumpy skin disease.
00:09But in France, nobody is laughing.
00:12Farmers are clashing with police as their herds get slaughtered to stop a viral outbreak.
00:18And strangely enough, this virus might be what kills one of the biggest trade deals in EU history.
00:25Here is the connection.
00:28French farming unions are fighting the systematic cooling of entire herds when just a single case is detected.
00:36Meanwhile, Brussels is pushing the Mercosur deal, a trade pact that would open the door to South American beef.
00:44Farmers call it a double standard.
00:47Why should we sacrifice our herds to meet high standards, they ask,
00:51when we are going to import cheap meat from Brazil produced with pesticides and antibiotics banned in Europe.
00:59And that anger lands in the European Parliament tomorrow.
01:03Our European lawmakers will vote on a reciprocity clause.
01:09It's basically a mirror rule.
01:11If you want to sell to Europe, you must meet European standards.
01:17If MEPs vote against it, they risk a revolt in rural Europe.
01:25And if they vote for it, South America might walk away as it doesn't want to import European laws.
01:33In the EU, our politics is often local.
01:37And right now, locals are hungry.
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01:59The next debate is Samsung Service.
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