Mercosur

• Monday, December 21st 2015 - 07:00 UTC

  Mercosur summit agenda includes trade, energy, human rights; Venezuela's Maduro absent

  

  Paraguay foreign minister Eladio Loizaga advanced some of the issues that will addressed on Monday's Mercosur presidential summit, when all of the members of the group's heads of state have confirmed their attendance, except Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, plus leaders from associate members.

• Monday, December 21st 2015 - 06:50 UTC

  Mercosur identifies 80 intra-trade non tariff barriers and discuss their elimination

  

  Mercosur members have identified over eighty non tariff barriers currently effective in intra-trade and have agreed on their gradual elimination, a proposal to be considered by the group's presidential summit when they meet Monday in Asuncion, Paraguay.

• Friday, December 18th 2015 - 20:22 UTC

  The Islands are 'Falklands', according to Aerolineas Argentinas magazine 'Alta'

  

  Aerolínas Argentinas magazine “Alta” has committed an 'un-excusable' blooper in its English edition. In effect, in a long article from the November edition, and praising Argentina's aeronautic and space industry, available in all Aerolíneas flights the Islas Malvinas are referred to as the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, December 12th 2015 - 02:55 UTC

  All presidents confirmed attendance of Mercosur summit, including Macri and Maduro

  

  The presidents of Mercosur member-countries have confirmed attendance to the group's summit scheduled for next 21 December and hosted by Paraguay, the country that currently holds the rotating chair, according to diplomatic sources in Asuncion.

• Friday, December 4th 2015 - 05:55 UTC

  Mercosur waiting for EU proposal; summit to be held at Conmebol convention centre

  

  Mercosur is waiting for the European Union to decide when to begin the exchange of tariff-reduction proposals with the purpose of reaching an encompassing trade and cooperation agreement, despite France's objections to the move, said Rigoberto Gauto, Paraguay's deputy foreign minister. Paraguay currently holds the Mercosur chair and leads negotiations with Brussels.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2015 - 11:08 UTC

  Macri to meet Rousseff Friday: trade, Mercosur and Venezuela in the agenda

  

  Next Friday Argentine president elect Mauricio Macri will be travelling to Brasilia to meet with president Dilma Rousseff, which will be the incoming leader's first overseas trip.

• Monday, November 30th 2015 - 07:51 UTC

  EU hopes Macri's election will give new impetus to trade talks with Mercosur

  

  The European Union said it hopes the election of a centre-right government in Argentina will give new impetus to stalled talks on a free trade pact with Mercosur, the Latin American bloc.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 08:22 UTC

  Mercosur ready to begin political negotiations for the trade agreement with the European Union

  

  Mercosur is only waiting for the European Union to begin the political negotiations on the long delayed overall trade agreement, announced Paraguay's foreign minister Eladio Loizaga in Asunción, just back from Brussels where he met with EU and Belgian officials.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:35 UTC

  Mujica wishes Argentina and Macri 'the best', but has fears about 'institutional stability'

  

  Two days after Mauricio Macri's victory in Argentina, Uruguay's former president Jose Mujica wished Argentina “the best” with its new government, but also expressed fear about the 'institutional stability' of the country.

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  EU and Mercosur will propose WTO an accord to end agriculture export subsidies

  

  The European Union and Brazil representing Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), are proposing the World Trade Organization agree to end agricultural export subsidies at a meeting next month. The proposal backers also include New Zealand.