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French supermarkets face EU antitrust complaint from Brazilian farmers

By Lewis Crofts ( May 27, 2025, 13:30 GMT | Insight) -- Carrefour, Les Mousquetaires, E. Leclerc and Coopérative U stand accused of boycotting the sale of Brazilian meat, undermining the market opening created by a trade deal between the EU and South American countries. A Brazilian confederation of agri-producers has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission, pointing to coordinated statements by the four major retailers in late 2024, which, it believes, amounted to denigration and anticompetitive behavior.French supermarket chains Carrefour, Les Mousquetaires, E. Leclerc and Coopérative U stand accused of boycotting the sale of Brazilian meat, undermining the market opening created by an EU trade deal with South American companies....

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