A trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur countries, which includes a significant section on agriculture, has triggered protests from EU farmers who argue farm imports from South America do not meet European standards.

French farmers are mobilizing for widespread protests Monday, targeting the controversial EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

France’s powerful farming unions are taking to the streets again to seek more government support and rally against a European Union free trade deal with Latin American producers seen allowing in cheaper goods.

French farmers launched Monday a new wave of action to protest the adoption of a trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries they fear would threaten their livelihoods.

A group used tractors to block a highway south of Paris in the lead-up to this week's events.Farmers throughout France have organized large-scale protests on Monday against the trade accord between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American nations.