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Montevideo, January 12th 2025 - 02:52 UTC

Tag: 65th Mercosur Summit in Montevideo

  • Friday, December 6th 2024 - 23:07 UTC

    Mercosur-EU FTA signed at last

    “Mercosur will bring significant benefits to consumers and businesses on both sides,” Von der Leyen said

    The South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union announced Friday in Montevideo the final signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between both blocs, thus creating the largest and most populated commerce zone worldwide. The understanding was reached after 25 years of negotiations and despite France's reluctance.

  • Friday, December 6th 2024 - 19:35 UTC

    Milei takes over Mercosur's rotating presidency

    Lula stayed away from the traditional family picture as payback for Milei's similar attitude during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro last month

    In one of the last significant moments of his five-year term ending Feb. 28, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou handed over the rotating chair of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to his Argentine colleague Javier Milei as the bloc's 65th Leader's Summit concluded in Montevideo.