https://apnews.com/df4d58900129449796c8c51e4a706d2e > PARIS (AP) — In a sharp escalation of tensions over fires ravaging the Amazon, France on Friday accused Brazil's president of having lied to French leader Emmanuel Macron and threatened to block a European Union trade deal with South American states including Brazil. > The specter of possible economic repercussions for Brazil and its South American neighbors starkly illustrated how the Amazon is increasingly becoming a battleground between Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and increasingly critical Western governments alarmed that vast swathes of the rainforest are going up in smoke under his watch.