Tag: EU-Mercosur

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil confident of a Mercosur/EU trade accord in coming weeks

  

  The European Union and Mercosur will likely close a trade agreement in the near future, Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretary Lucas Ferraz said in an interview with Bloomberg. “We’ve never been so close,” Ferraz said adding, “we’ve advanced more in four months than in 20 years”.

• Thursday, January 17th 2019 - 07:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro and Macri agree to “review and perfect” Mercosur, and advance trade talks with EU

  

  Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri said they agreed to continue integrating their economies (number one and two in South America), as strategic partners, by “perfecting” the Mercosur trade block and pressing ahead with negotiations that are already underway, such as the ongoing free trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 07:40 UTC

  Brazil refutes Merkel's comments on Mercosur and Bolsonaro

  

  Brazil’s outgoing Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said that Mercosur is ready to close a trade agreement with the European Union but it is being held up because the Europeans do not want to close a deal.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 06:43 UTC

  Mercosur and EU start a technical talks round in Montevideo, waiting for Bolsonaro

  

  Mercosur and the European Union will be holding a round of technical talks this week in Montevideo, starting on Monday, with the purpose of building a strong consensus that could anticipate an agreement sometime next year.

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro recommends “prudence” before signing any Mercosur/EU agreement

  

  Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said “prudence” was necessary before signing any trade agreement with other nations, in reference to the ongoing negotiations between Mercosur and the European Union.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 17:51 UTC

  Argentina hopeful about Mercosur-EU deal at G-20 Summit

  

  Argentine Production and Labour Minister Dante Sica Monday said in Madrid he was confident the European Union and the South American Mercosur trade bloc would reach an agreement “as soon as possible,” hopefully by the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires in late November.

• Saturday, September 1st 2018 - 08:00 UTC

  Mercosur expecting a “move” from the EU at this month's negotiations in Montevideo

  

  Brazil's Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes said he expects more “movement” from the European Union as long running talks on a free trade deal with his South American bloc Mercosur head into the home stretch.

• Monday, August 27th 2018 - 06:58 UTC

  Auto industry, beef and sugar, remain hurdles for a Mercosur/EU deal

  

  Negotiators of a free trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur want to wrap up by September, but differences over beef, sugar and the auto industry could dash those hopes, Brazilian foreign minister Aloysio Nunes said. Issues over intellectual property, rules of origin and marine shipping services also need to be nailed down, Nunes said in an interview.

• Monday, July 23rd 2018 - 05:58 UTC

  Hammond in Argentina iterates Falklands self determination and calls on Macri to address inflation and labor reform

  

  The UK Government position is unchanged: only the Falkland Islanders have the right to determine their own political and economic future, stated Phillip Hammond in Buenos Aires where he attended a two-day G20 ministers meeting.

• Friday, July 20th 2018 - 10:32 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade deal has a new timetable: September in Montevideo

  

  A free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur is close to being concluded, with a final push over the line seen by early September, Argentina’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Negotiations between the EU and the Mercosur group of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, the world’s fourth largest trading bloc, have been going on for almost 20 years.