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EU/Mercosur still in the cold but committed to reach an agreement in coming months
The European Union and Mercosur held last Friday in Brussels the technical meeting, as was scheduled to assess the state of negotiations for a long delayed and ambitious association and trade agreement, but concluded with no calendar for the exchange of tariff reduction proposals, which is central to the discussions. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesSorry but I would not believe any of the Mercosur countries lies.
Mar 24th, 2014 - 12:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0NOBODY in the EU, except for the Commission, want anything to do with mercosur. Having spoken to many people, nobody can see anything worthwhile in south america and, specifically, latin america. When it makes anything, it's crap. Even have difficulty putting kits together properly. When it grows anything, it poisons it. Which is fair enough if only they eat it. But distributing it to be eaten by PEOPLE? And the same goes for meat. So it has a label on it. All latinos lie. Would you eat anything produced in argieland and intended for Britain? Of course not. Asking for every disease known to mankind. So they stick “Produced in Brazil” on it. Just remember, if this “agreement” goes through, avoid everything from latin america. Avoid everything from anywhere near latin america. Kill the “agreement” by killing the trade.
Mar 24th, 2014 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps Latin American countries could benefit from an inward flow of manufactured goods of high quality.
Mar 24th, 2014 - 04:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps the EU could benefit from an inward flow of food, lumber and minerals.
Perhaps both would benefit from higher trade flows.
Perhaps inward investment might follow to aid the development of first world status amongst Latin countries.
Perhaps both blocs would benefit from diversifying their bloc links beyond the US and China.
But hang on!
Most countries in Latin America have BI-LATERAL trade arrangements in place ...
could it be that only the Mercosur countries do NOT have preferential trade agreements with European countries?
Could it be that the 14 years of talking about doing it have given all the other countries Latam countries the opportunity to get in there and do the deals individually?
Could it be that Mercosur countries have 'missed the boat' and traded away profit and development for ... their questionable political ideology?
Windows of opportunity are only fleetingly open before they are closed by the big-beasts doing what they do.
And I can see this window swinging shut as we speak.
There is as much chance of the “talks” being concluded as “No Money Pepe” balancing the budget or keeping inflation to the governments own target of 7%: oh look, another pig flying over MVD, NOT!
Mar 24th, 2014 - 08:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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