European Commission officials toured Dublin in recent weeks, meeting farming interest bodies to quell objections to the Mercosur trade deal, in one more push to get the agreement signed and delivered. Trade officials from the Commission met with several agricultural stakeholder groups, including the Irish Farmers’ Association, to answer questions about the contentious trade deal and its impact on the farming sector. Mercosur has been roundly opposed by farming groups in Ireland and some other EU member states, namely France, over the impact that the trade deal will have on beef farming. Should the trade agreement, which has been in…