Tag: Mercosur

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 23:14 UTC

  Maduro will not be able to enter Peru or the Summit of the Americas

  

  The government of Peru announced through its prime minister, Mercedes Aráoz, that it has withdrawn the invitation it sent to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in November to attend the eighth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Lima on the 13th and 14th. of April; a week of the criticized presidential elections decreed by the Constituent Assembly in Venezuela.

• 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.

• Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:46 UTC

  Uruguay and China flirt with a trade agreement, but Mercosur is not convinced

  

  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Beijing is willing to negotiate step by step, a free trade agreements with Uruguay and other countries in South America, particularly members of Mercosur.

• Thursday, January 18th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  All cuts of Argentine beef and lamb have full access to the Chinese market

  

  Argentina and China signed a “historic” agreement that opens the huge Asian market to beef and lamb with bone from the South American country, according to Senasa the Argentine agriculture and livestock sanitary office. The deal concludes fifteen years of negotiations and means access to the world's largest importer of beef.

• Saturday, January 6th 2018 - 09:35 UTC

  Europe and Mercosur scheduled to resume trade negotiations this month

  

  The European Commission and Mercosur are planning to resume negotiations to reach a new Association Agreement during this month. The Commissioner of the European Trade Commission, Cecilia Malmström, stated that, after the last negotiating round, which took place in early December, and after the attempt to reach an agreement in the framework of the last round of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held from 11 to 14 December, the agreement was very close and would be reached in a matter of weeks.

• Thursday, January 4th 2018 - 09:58 UTC

  Brucellosis outbreak at Paraguay Vet School triggers alarm bells for the industry

  

  An outbreak of brucellosis at the Veterinary School of the Asunción University in Paraguay, FCV-UNA, has cost the academic center its international certification, and has become a shameful experience for a country which is among the top world beef exporters.

• Thursday, December 28th 2017 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentina's stock market Merval has gained around 75% in the last twelve months

  

  Merval, the benchmark stock market index in Argentina, rose 0.25% to 29,260.33 on Wednesday, reflecting investor optimism that the Senate would pass the 2018 budget and a tax reform. It was the seventh consecutive increase of the index.

• Thursday, December 28th 2017 - 10:15 UTC

  YPF reaches agreement and will pay US$ 114m on a conflict from 2009

  

  Argentina's state-owned oil company YPF will pay US$ 114 million to Transportadora de Gas del Mercosur (TGM) to end a conflict that began in 2009 when the company suspended the shipment of natural gas.

• Thursday, December 28th 2017 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil supports Guyana's boundaries which are challenged by Venezuela

  

  Brazil maintains that the settlement of the Guyana/Venezuela Border is final and must be respected, according to the country's Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge. Following his attendance at the recently concluded Mercosur Summit held in Brazil, Greenidge said Brasilia has been updated on Venezuela’s contention that the 1899 Award is null and void, and remains resolute to its original position.

• Thursday, December 28th 2017 - 09:24 UTC

  Brazil suspends fish exports to the EU over inspection discrepancies

  

  Brazil said it was suspending fish exports to the European Union in response to concerns raised by Brussels' veterinary inspectors. The move was aimed at preventing the EU itself from ordering a suspension, said Luis Rangel, the secretary of state in charge of fisheries.