‘We are not businessmen’: France’s local farmers ‘not here to export or make money on int’l market’

A new wave of French protests comes as the French government leads resistance against ratification of an EU trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, which would create the world’s largest free-trade zone. FRANCE 24 welcomes Jean Mathieu Thevenot, French Farmer (organic seedlings producer) and active member of Confédération Paysanne who explains why French farmers are vehemently against any kind of EU-Mercosur trade deal.