2026-01-08 20:08:31

Farmers across France and Greece took to the streets Thursday in a show of force. Tractors lined the roads, traffic ground to a halt—a classic protest playbook. Their gripe? The European Union's push to finalize a free trade agreement with five South American nations. The agricultural sector fears competition and margin pressure from the deal. It's a reminder that macro policy shifts ripple across markets globally.

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OnchainDetectiveBing

· 13h ago

The EU wants to push for a free trade agreement again, and farmers are furious. This is going to be interesting.

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BearHugger

· 01-08 20:38

It's the same old story again, farmer brothers finally can't sit still. South American agricultural products are really fighting for market share, and the EU's recent policies are quite tough.

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GasFeeNightmare

· 01-08 20:34

The farmers' protests are a recurring act every year, but this time if the South American agricultural products flood the market and fail, European agriculture will be ruined.

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0xDreamChaser

· 01-08 20:31

The EU's move this time is really a bit desperate; farmers are all furious.

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MEVHunterLucky

· 01-08 20:28

It's another trade war, farmers, you guys are really going all out this time. I didn't expect tractors to hit the streets.

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MoneyBurnerSociety

· 01-08 20:26

The EU insists on pushing this trade agreement, with farmers directly taking tractors to the streets. This is what real margin squeeze looks like... Another policy airdropped as an opportunity for arbitrageurs.

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BearMarketSurvivor

· 01-08 20:21

This is a typical signal of supply lines being cut off. Farmers blocking roads is just a surface phenomenon; fundamentally, it's the collapse of marginal cost tolerance. The EU's trade agreements are playing quite aggressively; once South American agricultural products are liberalized, European farmers will directly become a zone of collapse. Is history repeating itself? During the 2010 wheat crisis, countries also acted this way, and in the end, they still had to pay the tuition fee. The current question is—who will pay for the pendulum swing of policy cycles?

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