Tag: EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

• Monday, August 26th 2019 - 18:42 UTC

  EU divided on ratification of trade pact with Mercosur, warns Donald Tusk

  

  The European Union Council president Donald Tusk said it was hard to imagine the bloc ratifying its trade pact with Mercosur as long as Brazil fails to curb the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest. The EU “stands by the EU-Mercosur agreement”, Tusk told reporters at a G7 meeting in Biarritz in southern France.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro: EU/Mercosur agreement will take at least three years to come into force

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday that it could take up to three years for the free-trade deal agreed by the European Union and Mercosur to come into force, as it depends on approvals by lawmakers of all countries involved.

• Saturday, June 29th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  “Now I only have to recover Malvinas” says Argentine foreign minister after the milestone Mercosur/EU accord

  

  “Now I only have to recover the Malvinas Islands” said Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie, following the trade and association agreement reached on Friday in Brussels between Mercosur and the European Union.

• Thursday, June 6th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Mercosur's Common External Tax in the agenda Bolsonaro will discuss with Macri in Buenos Aires

  

  Brazil and Argentina have started discussing a reduction in the common external tariff (TEC) of the Mercosur trade block, sources in both governments revealed on Wednesday, as their market-friendly presidents look to boost economic growth.

• Monday, April 24th 2017 - 08:25 UTC

  Spain's Rajoy visits Brazil and Uruguay to stress trade and Mercosur

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy arrived in Brazil on Sunday on an official two-day visit during which he will meet with President Michel Temer and follow a markedly economic agenda, including Mercosur and current ongoing talks with the EU in Brussels. The second leg of the trip will take Rajoy to Uruguay.

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 - 06:15 UTC

  EU Parliament president calls Argentina a crucial associate in the redefinition of global relations

  

  Visiting president of the European Parliament Martin Shultz called on his Argentine hosts to leave behind those chapters “with no dialogue” and concentrate on Mercosur/EU trade and cooperation negotiations that have been stalled for almost twenty years, taking advantage of an Argentina opened to the world and an ally when international relations are being redefined.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 - 06:52 UTC

  Mercosur in a state of disarray; Venezuela's presidency disavowed by Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

  

  Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay have announced they do not support Venezuela as the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur, further deepening controversy in the group which could even hinder ongoing trade negotiations with the European Union and closer links with the Pacific Alliance.

• Monday, April 18th 2016 - 09:46 UTC

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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.