Thousands protest as EU leaders clash over pact farmers fear will flood Europe with cheaper South American goods.

After 16 hours of talks, an EU summit in Brussels has come to a dramatic end. The big takeaways: a €‎90 billion cheque for Ukraine raised with joint debt, but not with Russian money. And a postponement of the EU-Mercosur trade deal.

Hundreds of tractors clog the streets of Brussels as European farmers protest against EU plans for a trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur. The agreement, if signed, would create the world's largest free-trade area,

Farmers in tractors blocked roads, threw potatoes and eggs, and set off fireworks in Brussels on Wednesday outside a European Union leaders’ summit, prompting police to respond with tear gas and water cannons as protesters rallied against a major free-trade deal with South American nations.

The signing of a trade deal between the EU and South American bloc Mercosur will be postponed to January, officials said Thursday, after farmers staged a show of force against

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