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We don’t want your EVs, Brazil tells EU as trade talks hit crunch time
16-Sep-2024 Politico
Attempt to fend off influx of Chinese electric vehicles puts chances of EU-Mercosur trade accord at the November G20 summit in doubt.
Pakistan moves to join MERCOSUR
13-Sep-2024 The Express Tribune
Cabinet approves framework trade agreement with South American trade bloc.
New French PM dashes hopes of a EU-Mercosur deal by Brazil G20 summit
13-Sep-2024 Euractiv
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier reiterated France’s opposition to the EU-Mercosur free trade deal and confirmed his desire to seek a ‘blocking minority’, dashing hopes of finalising the deal at the upcoming G20 summit in Brazil.
Brazil asks EU to hold off on implementing deforestation law
12-Sep-2024 Euractiv
Brazil asked the European Union not to implement regulations in its deforestation law at the end of the year as scheduled and asked for it to be revised to avoid hurting Brazilian exports.
Mercosur deal ‘not ready’, Commission maintains amid calls to swiftly conclude talks
11-Sep-2024 Ends Europe
Divisions remain on agriculture and sustainability in EU-Mercosur trade talks, as 11 member states call for a final deal this year.
Mercosur-China trade talks must address imbalance, Paraguay says
9-Sep-2024 BNN Bloomberg
South American trade bloc Mercosur would be willing to negotiate a trade agreement with China if it addresses the lopsided commerce between the two trading partners, Paraguay Foreign Minister said.
EU-Mercosur trade talks progress on divisive issues, sources say
9-Sep-2024 Reuters
European Union and South American negotiators ended two days of trade negotiations with "significant progress" on contentious issues that have been holding up the long-overdue EU-Mercosur agreement.
Paraguay open to China trade deals via Mercosur despite Taiwan ties, Pena says
22-Aug-2024 Reuters
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena is "fully open" to trade deals with China via South American trade bloc Mercosur, despite his country’s diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
EU-Mercosur to meet in September signaling movement in trade talks
19-Aug-2024 Euractiv
European Union and South American negotiators will meet on 4-6 September in Brasilia in the first in-person talks since April, raising hopes an EU-Mercosur trade deal can be concluded this year, diplomats said.
Brazil and Italy seek to speed up agreement between Mercosur and the EU
16-Jul-2024 FX Leaders
The two blocs have been negotiating a free trade agreement for over two decades, aiming to eliminate most tariffs between the two regions, which would create a commercial space of over 700 million consumers.
Argentina urges Mercosur to sign FTA with Vietnam and Indonesia
9-Jul-2024 The Voice of Vietnam
Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino has urged the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to be more flexible in negotiations and seek free trade agreements with Vietnam and Indonesia.
EU’s trade policy clashes with sustainability and food sovereignty ambitions, says farming group
8-Jul-2024 Euractiv
The EU should control agricultural prices and abandon its policy of free trade agreements, including the long-stalled trade deal with Mercosur, a representative of the farmers’ organisation European Coordination Via Campesina said.
EFTA signs revised free trade agreement with Chile
25-Jun-2024 Swiss Info
The revised agreement with Chile was signed at a ministerial meeting of EFTA states (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway) in Geneva.
Uruguay supports Việt Nam’s negotiations of FTA with Mercosur: Official
23-May-2024 Việt Nam News
Uruguay’s foreign minister emphasised that the country will work closely with the Vietnamese Embassy to promote stronger and more comprehensive relations between the two countries in the coming time.
EU seeks post-election approval of Mercosur trade deal, says Brussels’ chief negotiator
9-May-2024 Euractiv
The EU is preparing for swift approval of a long-stalled trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc post-June’s European Parliament elections, according to Rupert Schlegelmilch, Brussels’ top negotiator.
Diana Mondino: Mercosur must open up to ‘agreements with other countries’
19-Apr-2024 Buenos Aires Times
Argentina’s Foreign Minister Diana Mondino calls for modernisation of Mercosur rules and backs push for free-trade deal with China.
India’s trade talks with South American trade bloc on the back burner
10-Apr-2024 Mint
Talks between India and South American trade bloc Mercosur have been put on the back burner with both sides focused on concluding their long-pending free-trade agreements with other regions.
Brazilian FM welcomes Bangladesh’s interest in Preferential Trade Agreement
8-Apr-2024 Daily Sun
Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira welcomed Bangladesh’s interest in reaching a MERCOSUR-Bangladesh Preferential Trade Agreement during a meeting with Bangladeshi foreign ministry officials in Dhaka.
Macron calls proposed EU-Mercosur trade pact ‘very bad deal’ lacking strong climate commitments
28-Mar-2024 The Guardian
French president tells Brazil forum both parties need to be ‘much stronger’ on biodiversity and climate.
EFTA euro nations eye Mercosur deal before year-end
25-Mar-2024 Buenos Aires Times
Parliamentary representatives from European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland) stop in Buenos Aires as part of regional tour focusing on efforts to secure free-trade deal with the Mercosur bloc.