Tag: EU-Mercosur

• Friday, July 6th 2012 - 15:38 UTC

  EU prepared for talks with an expanded Mercosur that includes Venezuela

  

  The European Commission has said it will continue negotiations on an association agreement with Mercosur even if Venezuela finally becomes a full member of the group and will address the issue on a “region to region” basis.

• Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 21:24 UTC

  Spain supports EU/Mercosur trade accord on a “region to region” basis respecting WTO rules

  

  Spain’s Foreign Affairs minister Jose Garcia Margallo said that Madrid supports negotiations for a free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union on a “region to region” basis, back stepping from his proposal last April to exclude Argentina following the seizure of YPF from Repsol.

• Monday, March 12th 2012 - 08:14 UTC

  Mercosur/EU meet for a new round of negotiations in Brussels

  

  A new round of talks between the European Union and Mercosur is scheduled to begin Monday in Brussels for a week, according to a press release from the Argentine Foreign Affairs.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 19:53 UTC

  EU/Mercosur hope to resume talks following French presidential election

  

  European and Latin American personalities underlined the peril of falling prey to short term results and forget the long term relation between the two regions which is expected to be re-launched following the French presidential election next April.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - 05:49 UTC

  EU and Mercosur hope they can reach a trade agreement by the end of 2012

  

  The European Union and Mercosur are hopeful they can reach a trade agreement before the end of the year said the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton during her visit to Brazil.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 22:49 UTC

  EU and Latam leaders call for quick conclusion of the EU/Mercosur trade accord

  

  European Union and Latin American leaders called for a quicker pace in concluding the EU/Mercosur cooperation and trade negotiations. The statement took place during the meeting in Brussels of the Euro-Latinamerica Parliamentary assembly.

• Monday, November 14th 2011 - 20:18 UTC

  Mercosur/EU confident of a first proposals exchange in mid 2012

  

  The seventh round of Mercosur/EU trade negotiations held in Montevideo ended with “progress in some areas at regulation and norms levels” and with the commitment of exchanging proposals in mid 2012, according to Joao Aguiar Machado head of the EU team.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 05:10 UTC

  The Euro crisis plays in favour of advancing EU/Mercosur trade negotiations

  

  The worsening of the world crisis is a factor that plays in favour of advancing negotiations for the European Union and Mercosur cooperation agreement and strategic association, said Socialist Euro Deputy Luis Yañez from Spain currently visiting Montevideo.

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 07:08 UTC

  “Few chances” of an EU/Mercosur trade agreement in a context of global crisis

  

  In the current global context “it’s hard to see an advance in the free trade negotiations with the European Union” said on Wednesday the block’s High representative Ambassador Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes.

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 04:07 UTC

  UK Parliament praises Brazil, but regrets its ‘hardening’ policy towards Falklands

  

  Britain’s House of Commons strongly supports a closer bilateral relationship with Brazil, which it describes as a democratic, well governed, responsible state but regrets the hardening position of Brazil towards the Falklands and the HMS Clyde incident.