Tag: Mercosur Summit 2023

• Friday, December 8th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

  Paraguay takes over rotating presidency of Mercosur; FTA with Singapore announced

  

  “There is no Mercosur where only some people do well,” said Paraguayan President Santiago Peña on taking up his new role within the bloc, which in his view is bound for “great achievements.” Peña underlined that, globally, Mercosur faced four challenges: access to water, food security, energy sufficiency, and resilience in logistics chains.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Lula in Germany with Scholz trying to conclude Mercosur/EU trade deal before next Tuesday

  

  The two leaders of the largest economies of Latin America and Europe met in Berlin on Monday to try and conclude a cooperation and free trade agreement between the South American block and the European Union which has been on the table for over two decades.