Mercosur trade integration insufficient to guarantee free circulation, claims EU

Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 17:57 UTC

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Several European Union objections to the current functioning of Mercosur have surfaced in documents relative to the ongoing trade negotiations round which is scheduled to have another chapter early May in Asunción, Paraguay. Read full article

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Be serious
Back to the drawing board me thinks.
Apr 12th, 2011 - 06:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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yul
2010/ [EU --- Brasil/Argentina]trade relations : ( Euro millions)

EU imports from Argentina : 9 340......exports to Argentina: 8 000.
EU imports from Brasil : 32 270 ....exports to Brasil : 31 400 .
Apr 12th, 2011 - 08:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ptolemy
yul #2
so what are you trying to say?
Apr 13th, 2011 - 12:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fido Dido
Yul tries to explain in numbers that the EU needs Mercosul/Mercosur for offsetting it's products. Numbers shows that the EU has a deficit with Mercosul/Mercosur
Apr 13th, 2011 - 02:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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riomarcos
Mercosul has no trade union, it basically exists to provide jobs for otherwise unemployable paper-pushing civil servants. Argentina raises barriers to Brazilian products and closes its border with Uruguay whenever the government needs a distraction from failing to provide for its people, and refuses to engage in free trade. This tactic is employed so often and it has been employed for so long throughout history by Argentinean governments, that economists have created a specific term for it: “Brazil-baiting.” Brazil should sign a unilateral free trade agreement with the EU, forget the other “partners” which do nothing for Mercosul, and surge ahead.
Apr 13th, 2011 - 02:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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