Ireland could try to block Mercosur trade deal on Amazon concerns - Varadkar
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - As wildfires rage through the Brazilian Amazon, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said Dublin will vote against a trade deal between the European Union and South American trade bloc Mercosur unless Brazil takes action to protect the rainforest.Varadkar said in a statement he was very concerned at the record levels of rainforest destruction, and said the Irish government would closely monitor Brazil's environmental actions in the two years until the Mercosur deal is..