Mercosur

• Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Brazil to drastically cut dairy imports from Mercosur and ease taxes to promote domestic production

  

  Brazil is planning to curb dairy imports from Mercosur countries. In the next few days, a decree will be published that will change the rules for tax benefits for dairies, agro-industrial companies, and cooperatives that participate in the Ministry of Agriculture’s milk program PMLS. The objective is to reduce tax incentives for companies that purchase dairy products from abroad.

• Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

  Cafiero: “No hypothesis of conflict” between Argentina and Paraguay

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Wednesday denied his country had any “hypothesis of conflict” with Paraguay despite recent controversies over tolls collected from barges sailing along the Paraná River Waterway and Asunción canceling all electricity supply from the Yacyretá hydroelectric power plant.

• Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:46 UTC

  Paraguayan Navy sailor wounded in clash with Argentine Coast Guard

  

  A Paraguayan naval officer and two civilians were arrested Wednesday by the Argentine Coast Guard (PNA) following an incident at around 3 pm in the Paraná River near the PNA's Puerto Maní (Misiones) delegation that resulted in the seizure of a Paraguayan Navy vessel allegedly trying to smuggle fuel to the Paraguayan side.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2023 - 09:45 UTC

  No agreement reached during Paraná Waterway multilateral meeting

  

  Argentina will continue to charge a toll to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway after no agreement was reached Tuesday during a Technical Commission meeting at the Brazilian Embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2023 - 08:55 UTC

  New container line linking EU main ports with Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina

  

  ONE (Ocean Network Express) and Cosco Shipping are starting the new LUX container service. This route connects Europe and the Mediterranean with the east coast of South America with weekly stopovers.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

  Paraguayan lawmakers bring waterway crisis before Parlasur

  

  Paraguayan lawmakers took to the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur) in Montevideo the crisis stemming from Argentina charging tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway, it was reported Monday in the Uruguayan capital. They displayed banners reading “Free navigation now”, “Free navigation always”, and “Waterway = Mercosur”.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:11 UTC

  Paraguayan President warns EU-Mercosur deal is now or never

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña insisted Monday that if the trade deal between Mercosur and the European Union is not operational by Dec. 6 there would be no agreement at all after he takes over the South American Common Market (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay)bloc's pro-tempore presidency.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:02 UTC

  Lula says Vietnam interested in a trade deal with Mercosur

  

  President Lula da Silva welcomed on Monday, in Brasilia, Vietnam prime minister Pham Minh Chinh and said the Asian country was interested in a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc. Lula, who currently chairs the group, said he wants to bring Mercosur members closer to Asian countries and highlighted there is room for trade with Vietnam to grow..

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 09:48 UTC

  Mercosur's future at stake in Argentina's elections, Brazilian minister says

  

  Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said in New York that he believed the future of Mercosur hinged on the outcome of this year's presidential elections in Argentina, Agencia Brasil reported. He also denounced France's attempt to delay the Mercosur-EU trade agreement from becoming effective.

• Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Washington's help called for in Paraná Waterway crisis

  

  With too much negotiating and no solution on the radar, the US-Paraguayan Chamber of Commerce (Usapacc) has asked President Joseph Biden's administration to get involved in the brokering of an answer to Argentina's decision to charge tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway.