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MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, May 1st 2024 - 17:19 UTC

Tag: EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

  • Monday, April 18th 2016 - 09:46 UTC

    Mercosur/EU trade deal is “no bed of roses” and “we're just beginning”

    “We'll only reach an agreement if we start to discuss it. We're not going to get closer unless we display proposals. It's a give and take game”, said Malcorra

    Despite growing optimism among Mercosur member countries of reaching a trade agreement with the European Union, Argentine minister of foreign affairs Susana Malcorra has cautioned that the road ahead is not “a bed of roses”, and the coming exchange of goods and tariff reduction proposals “will not satisfy any of the two sides”, but that is where “serious discussions begin”.

  • Friday, August 21st 2015 - 07:49 UTC

    Merkel calls for a free trade accord between the Europe Union and Mercosur

    “We could broaden our trade. We need reliable investment conditions”, said Merkel as she pressed for better access to Brazilian markets

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Brazil's government on Thursday to further open its markets to foreign companies, and said she saw an opportunity to reach a free-trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc. Merkel is on a two-day visit to Brazil with a large delegation of government officials and representatives from German companies.

  • Thursday, May 7th 2015 - 06:55 UTC

    Brazil wants to review Mercosur 'liberty' rules; sends strong public message to Argentina

    “We want to send a clear strong signal, particularly to Argentina, of the urgency to reach a trade agreement with the European Union”, underlined Monteiro

    Brazil has proposed reviewing Mercosur rules so that its members can enjoy more 'liberty' to negotiate trade agreements with other blocks or third parties, because even when “Mercosur is an indissoluble marriage, this does mean that relations can't be discussed” and thus a 'different speeds' group should not be discarded.

  • Monday, April 13th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

    Uruguay/Brazil meeting to attempt an advance in Mercosur/EU trade talks

    Rodolfo Nin Novoa revealed to the Uruguayan congress that this week he will be meeting with his counterpart and Mauro Vieira in Brasilia

    Uruguay and Brazil foreign ministers Rodolfo Nin Novoa and Mauro Vieira will be meeting this week in Brasilia in yet another attempt to push forward the stalled negotiations for a trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, according to the minutes of a meeting of the Uruguayan official with members of the Foreign Affairs committee.

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