Mercosur

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 00:53 UTC

  South Korea and Brazilian lawmakers committed to expand links with Mercosur

  

  Parliamentary leaders of South Korea and Brazil agreed Monday in Seoul to put forth efforts to promote economic ties between the two nations in the framework of Mercosur, through closer interactions at the parliamentary level.

• Monday, May 16th 2011 - 03:24 UTC

  Sarkozy: no support for EU/Mercosur trade deal that cuts farmers’ income

  

  French president Nicholas Sarkozy stressed over the weekend he would not accept an European Union-Mercosur trade agreement that could mean a loss of income for European farmers.

• Saturday, May 14th 2011 - 05:15 UTC

  French minister finds ‘strong tension and difficulties’ between Argentina and Brazil

  

  French Foreign Trade Secretary Pierre Lellouche said he had witnessed ‘strong tensions’ among Mercosur members during negotiations with the European Union for a free trade agreement.

• Friday, May 13th 2011 - 14:11 UTC

  Mercosur has a surplus production of three million tons of rice

  

  Uruguay which does not harvest transgenic rice has been consolidating as a growing European Union supplier and is a traditional provider for Mexico and Middle East countries such as Iran and Iraq.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 22:18 UTC

  Mercosur institutionalization and image lifting, High Commissioner targets

  

  Institutionalization of Mercosur and changing its public opinion image are the main issues Brazil’s Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes plans to address, at his new post of Mercosur High Representative-General since February.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 16:41 UTC

  Mercosur largest economies ‘inconveniences’ delaying trade accord with EU

  

  The existence of ‘inconveniences’ with Mercosur largest economies is delaying reaching a trade agreement with the European Union, according to Germany’s Ambassador before the government of Paraguay, Claude Robert Ellner.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 00:48 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade talks remain at “technical level and delayed until end of the year”

  

  Reports from the European Union and Mercosur confirm that negotiations for a trade agreement remain at ‘technical level’ and no information will be forthcoming until both sides have agreed on the lists of products to be exchanged.

• Saturday, May 7th 2011 - 04:52 UTC

  Lack of serious opposition ensures Cristina Fernandez re-election next October

  

  With less than six months to the October election President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner leads comfortably, with no serious opposition on site, and with a public opinion support of 56%, similar to when she first took office in December 2007.

• Saturday, May 7th 2011 - 04:50 UTC

  Soybean and by products represent 25% of Argentine exports

  

  Argentine overseas sales of soybeans and by products reached 17.3 billion US dollars in 2010, equivalent to 25.4% of total exports, according to the latest report from the country’s statistics office INDEC. In 2009 the soy complex exports represented 23.3%.

• Friday, May 6th 2011 - 17:29 UTC

  Brazil’s inflation peaks in April, but prices should begin slowing down in May

  

  Brazil’s benchmark consumer price index in April exceeded the upper limit of the government’s target range for the first time since 2005 but officials are confident April was a peak and during May the tendency is for inflation to decelerate.