Tag: EU-Mercosur

• 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.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  European business lobby urges Brussels to accelerate trade talks with Mercosur

  

  European companies are urging the European Union to accelerate trade negotiations with Mercosur bloc, in a sign of concern that the 20-year talks could once again fall dormant if they do not reach an accord this week.

• Monday, June 4th 2018 - 07:45 UTC

  Mercosur/EU begin new fresh round of trade talks: Geographical Indications high in the list

  

  Mercosur and the European Union begin a fresh round of trade talks this week with renewed optimism that negotiators may be nearing an accord after almost 20 years of talks. Since trade negotiations with the United States were frozen after Donald Trump's 2016 presidential election victory, the European Union has turned its focus to other large economies and has already struck agreements with Japan and Mexico.

• Wednesday, March 21st 2018 - 07:07 UTC

  Mercosur “blocks” talks on auto exports and government procurement contracts, claims EU

  

  European officials said this week that significant obstacles remain to a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur, even as South American officials expressed optimism a deal would be finalized soon.

• Friday, February 2nd 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  Irish farmers call on Commissioner Hogan to stop Malmstrom yielding to Mercosur

  

  Irish Farmers National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods has said the break in Mercosur talks until Friday is an opportunity for Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan to face down the Trade Commissioner and force a rethink on the sell-out of beef farmers.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  EU Agriculture and Trade commissioners at odds over increasing Mercosur beef access

  

  A long-awaited major trade deal between the EU and Mercosur may this week take a key step towards realization with ministerial teams from both sides meeting in Brussels on Monday. They are expected to give negotiators a new, decisive political impulse to reach agreement in a matter of weeks, according to Irish sources.

• Saturday, January 27th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Macri and Macron agree in most issues, but not in the EU/Mercosur talks

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri ended on Friday his European tour in Paris, where he addressed the business community and potential investors, and later held a private meeting with president Emmanuel Macron. According to Argentine sources there is strong French investors' interest, but apparently Macron held his ground when regarding the EU/Mercosur overall trade agreement.

• Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  “Argentina has left the populist experiment, and no other country has its potential”

  

  Argentina has left behind its populist experiment, and there is no other country with greater potential, Argentine president Mauricio Macri told the World Economic Forum in Davos during a speech to the forum of world political and business leaders.