Mercosur

• Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Mercosur and EFTA countries reach a free trade agreement

  

  South American trade block Mercosur reached a free trade agreement with four European countries, Argentine officials and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said after talks in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, August 16th 2019 - 07:21 UTC

  “If Cristina Kirchner gets in and closes the economy,” Brazil will leave Mercosur

  

  Brazil will pull out of the Mercosur trade bloc if the opposition party wins Argentina’s presidential elections later this year and closes the economy with protectionist policies, Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Thursday.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  French farmers protest trade deals with Canada and Mercosur

  

  French anti-government protesters put up a large poster of Jean-Baptiste Moreau, one of President Emmanuel Macron's farming experts, with the word “Wanted” on it outside a local government building on Tuesday, as anger over recent trade deals escalates.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Brazil's record on pesticides and weed killers could create problems for the Mercosur/EU trade agreement

  

  Brazil's agriculture minister on Tuesday defended a record number of pesticide and weedkiller approvals this year, saying the government was not “putting poison on anyone's plate.”

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Brazil already engaged in trade talks with United States, says minister Guedes

  

  Brazil has begun negotiating a trade agreement with the United States, the South American country’s economy minister said, kicking off knotty talks between longstanding competitors whose leaders want closer commercial ties.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Trump after a trade deal with Brazil, but Brasilia says any tariffs agreements must include Mercosur members

  

  President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will pursue a U.S. trade agreement with Brazil, suggesting a friendly relationship with President Jair Bolsonaro could help lower trade barriers between the two biggest economies in the Americas.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 15:14 UTC

  Finland's UPM will construct a second 2.1 million ton pulp mill in Uruguay

  

  Finland's UPM on Tuesday made the investment decision to construct a 2,1 million ton eucalyptus pulp mill near Paso de los Toros in central Uruguay.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 11:01 UTC

  Macri praises Mercosur-EU deal for positive impact on quality of life to come

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri said Wednesday in Santa Fe that Mercosur's trade agreement with the European Union (EU) “will have a positive impact on the quality of life of the people” and called for “the convergence” with the Pacific Alliance.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  What did the Mercosur’s leaders say about Venezuela in Santa Fe?

  

  The political and economic crisis in Venezuela was the center of the political debate among the heads of state that, this Wednesday, met in Santa Fe, Argentina in the Mercosur semi-annual summit, a block from which the Caribbean country is currently suspended. Neither Uruguay, Bolivia nor Chile addressed a word regarding the Venezuelan situation.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Uruguayan President Vázquez underlines the importance of the EU deal for Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez Wednesday highlighted in the Argentine city of Santa Fe the partnership agreement reached in the first semester of the year with the European Union (EU) as a very important achievement for Mercosur after 20 years of negotiations, 39 formal meetings and many other informal ones, for which he thanked the technical teams involved.