Tag: EU-Mercosur

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 19:06 UTC

  Mercosur and Argentina top of the agenda in Mujica/Rousseff summit in Brasilia

  

  Mercosur negotiations, disputes with Argentina and economic complementation with Brazil are among the main issues of a long agenda that Uruguay and Brazil will address when President Jose Mujica visits his Brazilian peer Dilma Rousseff on Friday in Brasilia.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:23 UTC

  Mercosur meets in Caracas to consolidate `'joint and only presentation' before EU

  

  Mercosur members will be holding an extraordinary meeting in Caracas on 15 November to define an 'only joint position of the group ahead of the presentation to the European Union, in the framework of negotiations for the trade and cooperation accord, said Venezuelan foreign minister Elías Jaua.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 23:57 UTC

  EU lawmaker 'cautiously optimistic' about trade agreement with Mercosur in 2014

  

  A member from the European parliament, Jean Pierre Audy who headed a mission to Brazil last week said he was confident that next year the long standing negotiations for a free trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Mercosur “could be concluded”.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 21:17 UTC

  Paraguayan congress should vote Venezuela's incorporation to Mercosur before December summit

  

  Foreign minister Eladio Loizaga revealed that the Paraguayan congress must first approve Venezuela's protocol of incorporation to Mercosur before the country can attend the coming bloc's summit scheduled for next 17 December in Caracas.

• Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 21:35 UTC

  Mercosur calls special meeting in November to consolidate trade proposal before the EU

  

  Mercosur will be holding a special meeting of foreign ministers next 15 November in Caracas to consolidate “Mercosur presentation before the European Union”, according to a release from the Argentine Foreign ministry.

• Saturday, October 26th 2013 - 04:59 UTC

  Paraguay will lead Mercosur trade negotiations with the EU next December

  

  The Paraguayan foreign affairs ministry will represent Mercosur next December when the exchange of proposals with the European Union for a long pending free trade agreement, announced Uruguayan president Jose Mujica on Friday following private talks with his visiting peer from Paraguay, Horacio Cartes.

• Saturday, October 26th 2013 - 00:25 UTC

  Paraguayan president ratifies full political support for Mercosur

  

  President Horacio Cartes although admitting he is heart and mind committed to Mercosur, Paraguay's full return to Mercosur is in the hands of diplomacy since as head of state he must abide strictly by the rule of the law.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 19:32 UTC

  Uruguay and Brazil agree Mercosur will make a joint trade proposal to EU next December

  

  Uruguay and Brazil have concluded their proposals to present to the European Union and are waiting for Argentina and Paraguay, in the framework of current negotiations, delayed for years, to reach a free trade and cooperation agreement between the two blocs.

• Monday, October 21st 2013 - 07:47 UTC

  Barroso optimistic about coming 'events' in EU/Mercosur trade negotiations

  

  The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso anticipated that 'soon' there will be 'events' referred to the EU/Mercosur cooperation and trade agreement and underlined that Brazil is most interested in making possible such an accord.

• Monday, October 14th 2013 - 23:47 UTC

  Trade agreement with EU “depends on Mercosur” warns top EC official

  

  The conclusion of a trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Mercosur ‘only depends on the bloc’ said the European Commission Vice-President for Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani.