France to vote against EU-Mercosur trade deal: Macron

PARIS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France has decided to vote against the signing of the free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur.

On his social media account, Macron said that while France supports international trade, the EU-Mercosur agreement is "an agreement from another era," negotiated for too long on outdated grounds