EU says Argentina’s import restrictions hurt talks for trade deal with Mercosur

Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 01:33 UTC

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Argentina's moves to restrict imports and prop up its shrinking trade surplus as well as European farmers resistance to ‘cheap’ meat imports could hurt talks for a trade deal between Mercosur and the European Union, an EU official said on Wednesday. Read full article

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Forgetit87
Pot calling the kettle black.
Mar 31st, 2011 - 09:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard
“In May 2010, the two sides resumed talks . . . with the aim of creating the world's largest free-trade zone with 750 million people and traded goods valued at 65 billion Euros a year.”
The blockage:
(i) Mercosur resistances to strict rules on intellectual property and
(ii) strong opposition from European farmers on meat imports.

Wow, 65 BILLION Euros EACH YEAR!
I would think every nation involved would want a BIG slice of that pie!

But, No, apparently.

An unwillingness to respect intellectual property and some reduction in home profitability in livestock markets

. . . . . ARE THEY ALL MAD!
Mar 31st, 2011 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pirat-Hunter
I don't think we should be selling any food to europids who use our resources to stage war and occupy other nations to theft their resources, some day it will be Latin America if the problems in Latin America aren't already do to europids theft of our wealth through corruption, I think EU should be blockaded and nations like India, Pakistan and China should be given the resources to build the kind of world we can all live in pease.
http://www.gregpalast.com/the-globalizer-who-came-in-from-the-cold/
Apr 05th, 2011 - 03:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Bubba
Ah, the new world order with poisoned milk and slave labor...
Apr 06th, 2011 - 06:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard
#3
S.A. nations have what other nations want to buy.
As a trading bloc you make more profit than if you trade individually.
Why are you so resistant to making money?
Apr 06th, 2011 - 10:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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