EU anticipates a trade agreement with Mercosur by next July 2011

Tuesday, September 14th 2010 - 23:03 UTC

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EU trade chief Karel De Gucht said on Tuesday in Brazil that a EU-Mercosur trade pact could happen “in less than a year”, despite France's “firm” opposition to a deal with the South American block. Read full article

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Billy Hayes
Farm budget is for Europe as MoD budget for UK; dying dinosaurs to be cut; 30% for both is a good number.
Sep 15th, 2010 - 01:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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JoseAngeldeMonterrey
The two blocs as protectionist at heart. I wonder the hundreds of thousands of “exceptions” , “exclusions” and “special items” the final agreement will have.
Mexico has already signed a free trade agreement with Europe and the results have been dissapointing. It is just as if there wasn´t one, Mexican companies still have to go through all kinds of paperwork and barriers to get their products in Europe.
Sep 15th, 2010 - 11:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Beef
And what is the defence budget to maintain Argentina's catapults then Billy?
Sep 15th, 2010 - 11:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Billy Hayes
I don't know, but we are not talking about argentina or argentine budgets, we are talking about budgets under big threat. I'm sure there will be another opportunity to talk about growing budget in this southern part of the world.
Sep 15th, 2010 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Beef
There sure will. The Falkland Islands has huge economic potential and has not forgotten the sacrifice paid by the UK forces to rid the Islands of an Argentine military dictatorship.

My ETFs based on Brazilian growth are also doing well :-)
Sep 15th, 2010 - 02:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Harrier
This trade agreement thing is not really important. France is against it and France is already showing the EU that it cannot be pushed where it doesn't want to go. In the UK, there are more and more calls for Britain to leave, and polls suggest that 70% want out. Germans are disenchanted. Very much looks like the EU could crumble in a few years. So much for trade agreements then!!
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