Abstract. We show that the direct sum (X 1 ⊕...⊕X r ) ψ with a strictly monotone norm has the weak fixed point property for nonexpansive mappings whenever M (X i ) > 1 for each i = 1, ..., r. In particular, (X 1 ⊕ ... ⊕ X r ) ψ enjoys the fixed point property if Banach spaces X i are uniformly nonsquare. This combined with the earlier results gives a definitive answer for r = 2: the direct sum X 1 ⊕ ψ X 2 of uniformly nonsquare spaces with any monotone norm has FPP. Our results are extended for asymptotically nonexpansive mappings in the intermediate sense.