Deforestation in Brazil, vote in Argentina endanger EU-Mercosur pact

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's backsliding on Amazon conservation under right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and a likely Peronist return to power in Argentina could delay or even derail ratification of an EU-Mercosur trade agreement that took two decades to negotiate.Deforestation has surged since Bolsonaro's election last year. His plans to develop the Amazon and moves to weaken rainforest protection have alarmed environmentalists and given ammunition to European opponents of the trade deal with..