Tag: Rupert Schlegelmilch

• Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:34 UTC

  After EU June elections, agreement with Mercosur can be reached: “A matter of time and timing”, EU negotiator

  

  The Mercosur/European Union trade and cooperation agreement, “is a complicated process but it is also a matter of time and timing”, according to Rupert Schlegelmilch, chief EU negotiator of the accord who recently visited Mercosur country and associate members to meet government officials and business groups to confirm EU's determination to finish the deal.

• Friday, March 31st 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  Von der Leyen says Mercosur deal a priority but Argentina warns “not so fast”

  

  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the agreement with Mercosur was a priority, but Argentina's government has second thoughts about the advantages it would actually entail, it was reported Thursday.

• Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:58 UTC

  Mercosur and EU analyze 'level of ambition' of their trade proposals

  

  Technical delegates from Mercosur and the European Union are holding a round of talks in Asunción to consider 'levels of ambition' for the coming exchange of tariff proposals with the purpose of reaching a much delayed free trade agreement, said Paraguayan Deputy Economic Relations minister, Rigoberto Gauto.