Tag: trade restrictions

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 22:45 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil bilateral trade drops to 2010 level. Auto industry hardest hit

  

  Bilateral trade between Mercosur leading partners Argentina and Brazil plummeted 27.6% in August and 22% in the last twelve months, according to Buenos Aires consultants, Abeceb. Recession in Brazil plus strict Argentine trade restrictions and slower domestic demand has contributed to the results.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 17:10 UTC

  Argentina has dealt a ‘mortal blow’ to Mercosur that has become ‘a political forum’

  

  Speaking for a Brazilian business association in Sao Paulo, Rubén Barbosa accused the government of Argentina of dealing a ‘mortal blow’ to Mercosur, the regional grouping that was originally focused on economic integration and has since become a political forum for the region’s leaders as was again evident during the last summit in Montevideo.

• Friday, June 21st 2013 - 06:10 UTC

  Rousseff envoy to Argentina to try and mend trade and investment difficulties

  

  Brazilian Industry and Foreign Trade minister Fernando Pimentel met this week in Buenos Aires with President Cristina Fernandez and members of her cabinet to address several bilateral trade issues that growingly concern President Dilma Rousseff because of Argentina’s increasingly market protection policies.

• Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:48 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina working to find a long-standing agreement on trade, says Marco Aurelio

  

  Brazil and Argentina are trying to address their economic and trade differences so that they can reach a long-standing, long term solution, said Marco Aurelio García, the Brazilian Executive advisor on foreign issues and trouble shooter for this kind of conflicts.

• Saturday, April 6th 2013 - 03:50 UTC

  Brazil claims trade situation with Argentina is “less than satisfactory”

  

  Brazil admitted that the trade situation with Argentina is “less than satisfactory”, given the ongoing barriers and restrictions imposed by Buenos Aires and revealed that the bilateral trade balance is now inclined in favour of its southern neighbour and Mercosur associate.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 05:03 UTC

  Mexico asks WTO to begin dispute procedure over Argentina’s trade restrictions

  

  Mexico will ask a World Trade Organization panel to adjudicate a dispute over trade restrictions with Argentina, said Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 03:32 UTC

  Mexico launches dispute at WTO against Argentina’ import licensing rules

  

  Following similar complaints against Argentina by the European Union, United States and Japan, Mexico has launched its first dispute against Argentina at the World Trade Organization, the WTO announced on Monday.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 05:33 UTC

  A billion dollars trade surplus for Argentina in July; Mercosur main partner

  

  Argentina’s trade surplus reached 1.014 billion dollars in July, which is 54% higher than the same month a year ago. Exports totalled 7.4 billion and imports 6.37bn according to the latest release from the official stats office, Indec.

• Wednesday, June 27th 2012 - 08:32 UTC

  Mexico preparing WTO case against Argentina over suspension of auto trade accord

  

  Mexico is prepared to take legal actions against Argentina after the government of President Cristina Fernandez announced its decision “to suspend” an automobile trade agreement.

• Tuesday, June 5th 2012 - 23:59 UTC

  Brazil/Argentina Mercosur differences can be overcome with ‘greater production integration’

  

  Trade differences between Mercosur leading partners Brazil and Argentina will be overcome with negotiations and promoting productive integration, coincided business people, diplomats and academics from both countries at a seminar in Rio do Janeiro.