EU lawmakers backed on Tuesday tighter controls on imports of agricultural products resulting from a potential trade agreement with South American bloc Mercosur, potentially meeting the complaints of critics of the deal.

Investing.com -- A German government official warned Tuesday that the Mercosur trade agreement could be "probably dead" if European Union leaders fail to reach consensus at this week’s summit.

Coming up today: a real chance for peace. At key talks in Berlin, European leaders have declared to have made ‘significant progress’ on ending the war in Ukraine but insisted that ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.