During next week, at the summit to be held in Brazil, the leaders of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) will formalize the long-awaited free trade agreement with Singapore, reached in 2022. In addition, negotiations with the Dominican Republic and El Salvador will be announced, while Talks with…
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Von der Leyen defends before Lula to close the Mercosur agreement before the end of the year
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, defended against the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, closing the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur before the end of the year and thus…
Brazil calls for an agreement between Mercosur and the EU
The president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, stated that it is "urgent" and "necessary" for Mercosur to reach a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) as soon as possible, in order to address other issues that the trade bloc has, such as…
The relationship between the EU and Latin America requires a “new impulse”
The Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Pilar Cancela, claimed the need for a "new impetus" in the relationship between the European Union and the countries of Latin America, considering it "a mistake" not to give the region…
Ibero-America is a strategic priority for Spain
Arancha González Laya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, highlighted, during her participation in the dinner of the Annual Assembly of Partners 2021 of the Business Council Alliance for Ibero-America (CEAPI), the…
Paraguay’s GDP could grow 4% more
According to estimates by the head of Trade Agreements of the Paraguayan Ministry of Finance, Raúl Domínguez, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the region could grow 4% more than expected.
This responds to the culmination of the…
Argentina proposes agreements to protect its production
The Argentine government proposed to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur in Spanish) to establish a trade agreement that allows protecting employment and domestic production in the South American country, as expressed by the Foreign…
Mercosur bets on eliminating roaming in 2020
Mercosur member countries recently signed a trade agreement with the European Union. Although no details are known, nor effective date, the four South American nations move forward in making crucial decisions for their populations and the…
The EU and Mercosur sign the largest trade agreement in history
The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, affirmed that it is the biggest agreement that the European countries have achieved, because it is a market that includes almost 800 million people. The commercial agreement…