Mercosur

• Friday, July 2nd 2010 - 03:07 UTC

  EU suggests Argentina’s import restrictions could delay Mercosur trade talks

  

  Negotiations for a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, re-launched this week in Buenos Aires, could not have a second chapter if the Argentine government insists in restrictions to food imports, said the head of the EU delegation.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 06:32 UTC

  EU/Mercosur talks must go “beyond tariffs and subsidies”

  

  The association agreement between the European Union and Mercosur has to go “beyond tariffs and subsidies”, said Brazilian president addressing businessmen from Brazil and a visiting Italian delegation headed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 05:31 UTC

  Lula da Silva anticipates World Cup semi-finals with four Mercosur members

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he expects the four Mercosur countries Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to meet in the semi-finals of the World Cup in South Africa.

• Monday, June 28th 2010 - 22:19 UTC

  Greece wants Mercosur/EU talks conditioned to end of Argentine trade barriers

  

  On the eve of the resumption of European Union/Mercosur trade talks, the EU has again complained about Argentina’s ‘protectionist’ measures on some EU agriculture produce and Greece is demanding discussions be conditioned to an end to barriers.

• Monday, June 28th 2010 - 00:29 UTC

  Lugo calls Congress to vote for Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

  

  Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo called on Congress, under opposition control, to support the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur, as has already been voted by Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

• Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 02:08 UTC

  Mercosur “too small” for Brazil, claims Sao Paulo federation of industries

  

  One of Brazil’s most influential lobbies, the Sao Paulo Federation of Industries, FIESP, claims that Mercosur is an economic space “too small” given the development and “growing international presence of Brazil”.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 - 04:45 UTC

  Top colours for Uruguayan president Mujica in his first 100 days

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Pepe Mujica is riding high on public opinion approval in his first 100 days in office. According to the latest data from several pollsters, Mujica has an approval rating of 74%, which is 13 and 16 percentage points more than his two immediate predecessors Tabare Vazquez and Jorge Batlle.

• Friday, June 18th 2010 - 19:25 UTC

  Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation closer on political agreement in Paraguay

  

  “There are better conditions, things are quieter now” to consider the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur as full member said Paraguayan cabinet chief Miguel Lopez Perito, following a political agreement in Congress with one of the main opposition parties.

• Thursday, June 17th 2010 - 06:13 UTC

  Argentine activists suspend blockade; 60 days to reach agreement

  

  Argentine activists voted Wednesday night to temporarily lift the roadblock on a bridge leading to Uruguay which has been at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between the two countries regarding the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side which allegedly contaminates.

• Thursday, June 17th 2010 - 02:39 UTC

  Paraguayan Senator admits talks to support Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation

  

  In spite of a specific mandate to vote against the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur, the Colorado party which is the single strongest force in the Paraguayan senate could reconsider the situation according to Martin Chiola, first Vice-president of the Upper House.