The free trade agreement between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union will be signed on December 20, according to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who made the announcement after participating in the G20 Summit held November 22-23 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

According to the Brazilian president, the Mercosur-EU agreement “is being forged with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, despite the criticisms of the agreement expressed by European countries such as France.”

He emphasized that, regardless of any differences with EU countries, the negotiations are being conducted with the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the negotiators.

This agreement has been under negotiation for over two decades, with French President Emmanuel Macron “being the most resistant to a free trade pact, because in that case it would require opening the agricultural market to products from South American countries.”

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The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro, confirmed this Tuesday that the state, located in the southeast of Brazil, will host the next G20 summit of heads of state in November 2024.

As Castro has detailed on his Twitter profile, the meeting will bring together “the 20 largest world economic powers and another ten will be invited, for a total of 30.” The members of the G20, in addition to Brazil and India, are the United States, China, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Italy, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey and the European Union. In 2024 Uruguay and Paraguay will be invited.

“All of this is being possible thanks to the commitment and efforts that we are making to promote Rio de Janeiro in the world. This meeting is a milestone in our history,” he stated.

Thus, Castro has pointed out that on December 10 Brazil will receive the rotating presidency of the G20, currently in the hands of India. “The world’s eyes are on Rio de Janeiro”, has settled.

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