Carrefour opposition to EU-Mercosur trade deal sparks backlash in Brazil The French giant has come out in support of farmers to block the prospect of meat imports from the South America bloc. Just ...

Carrefour's Chief Executive Alexandre Bompard issued an apology to Brazil's government after the French grocer became the center of a spat with Brazilian meatpackers that prompted a boycott. Bompard said last week that Carrefour would halt sales of meat produced in countries belonging to the Latin American trade bloc Mercosur at its French stores.