Mercosur signs trade accord with Egypt; Venezuela/Colombia conflict out of the agenda

Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 06:28 UTC

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Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman set in motion the 39th Mercosur Summit during which Argentina informed of the results obtained under its pro-tempore presidency of the bloc in the first six months of the year. Read full article

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Think
Good News (again)

“With the agreement, the majority of Mercosur exports to Egypt will enter free of tariffs beginning immediately.......”
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 06:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hoytred
Does Egypt know about Argentina's 'hidden' import barriers ?
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 08:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Man....
Read the article...
We are not importing nothing.....
That is the trade balance we like......
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 08:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hoytred
ahhh, one of those Treaties we talked about .... ;-)
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 09:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Not our fault...
They don't want to sell the Pyramids...
And all the other good stuff has been stolen by the British Museum....
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 09:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hoytred
Don't whinge if you come late to the table :-)
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 11:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Let the “Revenge of the Mummy” fall over the infidels..........
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
Egypt has lots of sand! What will they send to Argentina? Argentines are infidels!!
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 10:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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fredbdc
Other than farm products waht does Argentina have to offer that they can't get cheaper from China or better quality from EU pr USA?
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 11:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
It seems to be auto parts. Argentina has an advanced auto industry. Their auto products are cheap and are of high quality (if it weren't, why would the US buy them?) As for the Chinese, I believe they sell it really cheap too, but I don't know, perhaps Egypt doesn't want to open its markets to the them. By the way, last month Syria's president visited Brazil and Argentina. It seems the Middle-East/North Africa countries are anxious to make new arrangements; perhaps they want to avoid being overly dependent on a single bloc of countries (like Mexico is on the US; Turkey is on the EU, etc.)
Aug 03rd, 2010 - 11:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
(9) fredbdc
Other than farm products.....

I luuuuuuuuv this deprecating approach from people that pretend to be “economically intelligent!”
The most important commodity in the world: F O O D
How long can one survive without an Iphone?
How long without a Rolex?
How long without a BMW?
How long without Food?

Other than farm products..... Hahhhhhhhhh.....
Aug 04th, 2010 - 08:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
But South American foodstuffs are sub-standard by virtue of their reliance on GM, toxins, growth hormones.
Aug 04th, 2010 - 10:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Billy Hayes
sub standard?? jajajaja what are you talking about?? do you want to talk about food quality?? why don´t we start talking about mad cow disease and its origin??
Aug 04th, 2010 - 05:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
Mad cow disease is a DISEASE. Whilst what South Americans do is to deliberately tamper with foodstuffs. This is why the European Union demands strict compliance with regulations on foodstuffs. Perhaps I should have said sub-European standard.
Aug 04th, 2010 - 07:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Didn’t noticed this poster ” ingenuous,innocent and simple naivety“ ......until now...........

“Mad cow disease is a DISEASE” he says..........

Yeahhhhhh.......Right..........
Caused by feeding Cattle with the grinded remains of sick pigs, sheep and cows...............
European standarts...... Yeahhhhh.......Right........
For the ones interested:
In June 2010, the Farmer Lobby at the EU has presented a legislation that will allow to start feeding pigs on the same manner.

Enjoy your sausage.......
Aug 07th, 2010 - 08:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
EU will still refuse to accept South American foodstuffs not produced in accordance with EU regulations.
Aug 07th, 2010 - 09:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Perspectivizing a brainwashed Britain:

Mad Cow Disease (CFJ) has killed more than 1.500 Britons since 1990.....
http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/figures.htm
Six (6) times more than the Malvinas Conflict.....
20 years later Britain is making the same mistake again.....
Watch it......
Aug 07th, 2010 - 10:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
The Falklands War in 1982 killed 649 Argentines........
28 years later, Argentina is still making the same mistakes..........
Watch it......
Aug 07th, 2010 - 02:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Precisely the opposite my dear fellow....... precisely the opposite......
Aug 07th, 2010 - 02:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
Argentina is just a failed colony, hanging on by its fingertips, old boy......
Aug 07th, 2010 - 08:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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stick up your junta
Traffic accidents in Argentina have been claiming an average of 20 lives a day over the past decade, making it the top country in Latin America for these tragedies. They are also the main cause of death among people under 35, but in spite of this there are no official plans to end the slaughter on the roads.

Mad driver disease
Aug 07th, 2010 - 08:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
I heard Argentine cars are very stable. Square wheels?
Aug 08th, 2010 - 04:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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