Mercosur

• Wednesday, July 5th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  “Chile's not in a hurry”

  With these simple words Chilean president Ricardo Lagos described his country's tempo for becoming a full member of Mercosur.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  Farm transfers to industry.

  Argentine agriculture transferred overall 3,6 billion US dollars to the rest of the economy, mainly industry, --automobiles, textiles and petroleum refining-- exposed to fierce international competition.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  North Triangle agreement.

  Mexico and three Central American countries formalised this week the North Triangle free trade agreement, the result of eight years of negotiations and a step closer to creating a common market that will extend from Mexico to Panama.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  Solanas in Buenos Aires.

  Javier Solana, the European Union Foreign Affairs representative will participate this week in the Buenos Aires Mercosur presidential summit when Argentina will be symbolically handing the revolving six months chair to Brazil.