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Montevideo, November 5th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

Tag: Common Foreign Tariff

  • Thursday, May 20th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

    Brazil wants Mercosur to agree on a 20% reduction of the Common External Tariff

    Minister Ferraz said “we don't want to choose winners and losers, we want to negotiate”

    Brazil is determined that Mercosur's Common External Tariff, TEC, be reduced by 20% in two rounds of unilateral cuts, 10% immediately, and the other 10% in December. This is the official strategy and position of Brazil for the extraordinary meeting in June of the four founding members of the group, in Buenos Aires, underlined Lucas Ferraz, foreign trade secretary of the Brazilian Ministry of the economy.

  • Monday, July 30th 2012 - 04:31 UTC

    Mercosur experts discuss technical aspects of Venezuela’ incorporation

    Cristina Fernandez, Jose Mujica and Hugo Chavez are expected on Monday afternoon for the Tuesday summit in Brasilia

    Experts from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela will begin to define on Monday in Brasilia the technical procedures and timetable for the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur which will become official on Tuesday at an extraordinary summit of the block.