Tag: Mercosur

Saturday, August 14th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
Presidents of Argentina, Uruguay have dinner in BA to seek a fresh start in bilateral relations after Summit brush

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday welcomed his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou over for dinner at the Olivos Residence in an attempt to restore relations between the two of them following a crash during a Mercosur Summit earlier this year.
Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 08:34 UTC
South Korea/Mercosur round of trade talks at the end of the month

South Korea wants to advance with trade negotiations with Mercosur. Discussions started back in 2018 and at the end of the month, a seventh-round is slated to take place.
Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Uruguay insists it has no intention of infringing Mercosur rules, just increasing trade opportunities

The Mercosur trade block, now under the chair of Brazil for the next six months, will be facing one of its most significant potential disruption challenges after the virtual summit with the presidents of the four founding members openly exposing their differences, despite a limited coverage of the event.
Sunday, March 28th 2021 - 08:53 UTC
Mercosur has no raison d’être if members go rogue according Argentine Foreign Ministry top official

In the aftermath of Friday's presidential clash between Alberto Fernández and Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou over the Mercosur's alleged lack of “flexibility,” Argentine Foreign Ministry's Cabinet Chief Guillermo Chaves said Saturday in a radio interview that the bloc's fundamental identity was to negotiate jointly on behalf of all members, but if each partner was allowed to hold deals individually, the association would lose its raison d'être.
Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 10:23 UTC
Presidents of Uruguay, Argentina clash during Mercosur online summit

Argentine President Alberto Fernández told his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Lacalle Pou his country did not want to be “a burden on anyone” when the latter called for signs of “flexibilization” on the part of Mercosur to allow member states to seek unilateral foreign trade agreements elsewhere without the bloc's approval.
Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 08:45 UTC
“No chance at the moment for ratification of trade deal with Mercosur”, France

There is no chance at the moment that France will ratify a free-trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur group, an official at the presidential palace in Paris said on Monday.
Wednesday, July 1st 2020 - 10:34 UTC
Macron in a rally declares he opposes the trade agreement of EU with Mercosur

French president, Emmanuel Macron, declared his opposition to the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur. In addition, 265 civil society organizations were also mobilized against the agreement. The decision follows the defeat of Macron in the municipal elections and the strong advance of the Greens.
Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Argentina is not abandoning Mercosur, but “we are in no haste to sign any accord”

Foreign minister Felipe Sola said Argentina is “not abandoning Mercosur, and did not leave any chair at the table”. Furthermore, this Thursday a round of ministerial talks will be taking place, requested by Paraguay, to keep analyzing the legal and institutional framework that some members pretend to speed a list of negotiations with other countries.
Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 08:21 UTC
Paraguay one of the countries to first bounce back after post coronavirus

Mercosur member Paraguay has a high likelihood of bouncing back best once the novel coronavirus is contained, Rebeca Grynspan, head of the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), told Radio Nacional del Paraguay on Thursday.
Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 05:56 UTC
EU and Mexico finalize upgrade of free trade deal with reciprocal market access

The European Union and Mexico finalized a major upgrade to their free trade deal on Tuesday after the two sides agreed to grant reciprocal market access to each other’s tenders for public contracts.