Roundup: Lula hails Mercosur-EU deal as "different path" to unilateralism
SAO PAULO, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that the free trade agreement between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the EU protects vulnerable sectors and represents a direct response to rising protectionism and unilateralism.
In an opinion article published by several media outlets, Lula said that at a time when "unilateralism isolates markets and protec