"Mercosur and Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks"

“Mercosur and Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks”

Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 04:06 UTC

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Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks, and can advance towards a mutually beneficial convergence, said Chile's Economy minister Luis Felipe Cespedes during a trade and investment promotion seminar in Brazil. Read full article

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ChrisR
“Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance are not contradictory competing blocks”

What a condemnation of Mercosur after decades of existence, compared with three years for the PA!

Mercosur has demonstrated it is no longer a trading block, it is political at the core: it will destroy the PA if it is allowed full membership, no doubt about that.

Brazil of course is way too pricey to compete on a level playing field and with the present idiots re-elected for another four years it does not look hopeful that they will get their act together. Brazil couldn’t organise a piss up in a mate cup.
Nov 05th, 2014 - 10:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Chicureo
ChrisR
The Pacific Alliance is he future, Mercosur has two enormous boulders chained to its neck (Argentina & Venezuela) ...Paraguay, for good reason, is looking for an escape...

The leader, “Chile has a privileged logistics, free trade agreements with 85% of what is produced in the world”, is the model for success.

Let's face the facts, corruption and stupidity is killing the Mercosur block.
Nov 05th, 2014 - 06:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
I'm confused. If the two blocs are not contradictory or competing, why are there two blocs? “The initial goal of the alliance was to further free trade with ”a clear orientation toward Asia“, and economic integration”. Clearly not the 'goal' of mercosur. Chile, Colombia and Peru are all associate members of mercosur. Why didn't they just join?

Some simple questions to answer.
1. What does Bachelet have to do with this?
2. Who's changed their minds?
3. What sort of con job is this, and who's being conned?
4. What's the incentive?
5. Who's going to introduce argieland to free trade?
Nov 05th, 2014 - 09:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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