Mercosur

• Saturday, June 29th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  EU and Mercosur reach historic agreement creating a 780 million people market

  

  The European Union and Mercosur reached on Friday a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive trade agreement. The EU is the first major partner to strike a trade pact with Mercosur, a bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay.

• Friday, June 28th 2019 - 07:38 UTC

  Bolsonaro says Germany has much to learn from Brazil on deforestation; NGOs ask EU to halt Mercosur talks

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday Germany has “a lot to learn” from Brazil when it comes to the environment, hitting back at criticism over deforestation in the Amazon. Bolsonaro made the remarks in Japan on the eve of the G20 summit, where German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday she would seek “straight talk” with the Brazilian leader over destruction of the rainforest.

• Monday, June 24th 2019 - 12:37 UTC

  Irish farmers protest Mercosur negotiations before EC offices in Dublin

  

  A protest by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is taking place at the European Commission offices in Dublin over the “double standards of the commission” in their reckless pursuit of a sell-out trade deal” with the Mercosur trade bloc.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 11:00 UTC

  Four EU leaders express concern over EU/Mercosur farm sector deal

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron and three other national leaders warned the European Commission that a trade deal with trade bloc Mercosur “could ultimately destabilize production and the agricultural sector.”

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentina opens an official inquiry into Sunday's massive blackout

  

  Argentina has opened an inquiry into what caused a massive blackout that left nearly 50 million people without power, Energy Minister Gustavo Lopetegui said on Monday.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Agreement to implement an ambitious Plata basin that benefits six countries

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee of the countries of the Plata Basin (CIC) signed an agreement on Monday for the project “Preparing the ground for the Implementation of the Strategic Action Program for the La Plata Basin,” during a ceremony at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC.

• Monday, June 17th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Massive blackout hits Mercosur; Argentina and Uruguay in the dark for six hours; major investigation promised

  

  A massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and parts of Chile and southern Brazil on Sunday. The Argentine president called it an “unprecedented” failure in the countries' interconnected power grid.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 08:05 UTC

  Paraguayan president will visit Bolivia and sign a dozen cooperation accords

  

  The first bi-national Bolivia-Paraguay partnership scheduled for this week will result in at least twelve cooperation agreements between the two nations, announced Paraguayan Ambassador in La Paz Terumi Matsuo.

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro and Macri announce the EU/Mercosur trade deal is “imminent”

  

  The presidents of Argentina and Brazil said on Thursday that an agreement is imminent on a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina's Mauricio Macri expressed confidence that the deal would soon be signed as they met in Buenos Aires for talks.

• Thursday, June 6th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Mercosur's Common External Tax in the agenda Bolsonaro will discuss with Macri in Buenos Aires

  

  Brazil and Argentina have started discussing a reduction in the common external tariff (TEC) of the Mercosur trade block, sources in both governments revealed on Wednesday, as their market-friendly presidents look to boost economic growth.