Tag: FTA

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Beijing pushing Brazil for a quick FTA with Mercosur or individually, but consensus is elusive

  

  An official document from Beijing states that China is ready to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) with Mercosur or separately with any member of the bloc. This contentious topic most probably will be included in the bilateral agenda when President Lula da Silva visits China in the near future.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Biden, Lasso discuss deepening bilateral ties between US and Ecuador

  

  US President Joseph Biden Monday told his Ecuadorian colleague Guillermo Lasso at the White House that his country was interested in strengthening ties with one of its staunchest South American allies.

• Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  FTA with China would not make Uruguay dependent, Lacalle tells BBC

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said in an interview with the BBC that in case or reaching a Free Trade Agreement with China, it would not generate dependence, because in his country politics and economics were separate issues.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  Brazil, Uruguay FMs stay mum after Montevideo meeting: rumors soar

  

  Silence prevailed Monday in Montevideo after Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday welcomed his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França to discuss bilateral issues, particularly a possible 10% reduction of Common External Tariffs among Mercosur members.

• Monday, May 7th 2018 - 20:24 UTC

  Uruguay: No position on the FTA with Chile after an official plenary

  

  The plenary of the leftist coalition Broad Front concluded on Sunday with a motion that postergates de decision over the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Chile, defining to leave the decision on whether or not to support the agreement, delaying the debate to a future plenary whose date is not yet defined. The decision was voted after counting an erroneous sum of the votes in the first instance in which the motion to debate the issue in the plenary had won. However, the votes of the Communist Party of Uruguay (PCU) had been put on the wrong side.

• Friday, October 13th 2017 - 12:04 UTC

  Recession ahead for UK economy, be it a soft or hard Brexit, forecasts leading investment bank

  

  The Conservative Party’s plans for a “no deal” hard Brexit would plunge the UK into immediate recession, cost the British economy £400 billion and wipe 18% off GDP growth by 2030, a leading investment bank has warned.

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 13:12 UTC

  Uruguay calls on Mercosur to sign a free trade agreement with United States

  

  Uruguayan Vice-President Danilo Astori said Mercosur must decisively address the signing of a free trade agreement with the United States, but also admits that “opportunities must be built”.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2013 - 21:57 UTC

  Israel and Colombia sign far reaching free trade agreement

  

  Israel and Colombia this week signed in Jerusalem a free trade treaty to increase trade and promote investments in the fields of technology. The treaty which was reached after fifteen years of intense negotiations now needs legislative approval which should be accomplished by early 2014 according to Israeli political sources.

• Tuesday, April 17th 2012 - 03:07 UTC

  Colombia reaps from the summit: free trade agreement with US becomes effective in May

  

  The US-Colombia free trade agreement will enter into force next month, far earlier than expected, as a result of what the Obama administration called “historic” progress for Colombian worker protections and human rights.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 02:38 UTC

  Colombia aims to become Latam third largest economy by 2015

  

  Colombia aims to be Latin America's third largest economy after Brazil and Mexico by 2015, said the country's trade minister this week during a business conference in Madrid.