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Chinese premier says Asian giant is interested in free-trade deal with Mercosur trade bloc
26-Jun-2012 AP
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the Asian giant is interested in a possible free-trade deal with the Mercosur regional trade bloc.
China’s Wen signs accords, eyes Argentina’s corn
26-Jun-2012 Reuters
Wen, who is due to end his Latin American tour in Chile on Tuesday after also visiting Brazil and Uruguay, asked leaders of South American trade bloc Mercosur to look into the possibility of a free-trade deal with China.
Spain supports EU/Mercosur trade accord on a “region to region” basis respecting WTO rules
18-May-2012 MercoPress
Spain’s Foreign Affairs minister Jose Garcia Margallo said that Madrid supports negotiations for a free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union on a “region to region” basis, back stepping from his proposal last April to exclude Argentina following the seizure of YPF from Repsol.
Brazil targets Argentina with trade licenses
14-May-2012
Brazil on Monday escalated a growing trade fight with Argentina by increasing the bureaucratic obstacles for importing about 10 perishable products including apples, raisins, and potatoes, a senior Brazilian government official told Reuters.
Argentine YPF move threatens to sour EU-Mercosur trade talks
20-Apr-2012
Argentina’s move to nationalize a 51% stake in the country’s YPF oil company from Spain’s Repsol this week may hamper efforts to finalize free-trade talks between the European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc later this year, European officials said Friday.
Argentina new imports’ restrictions come into effect; claims from Mercosur
5-Feb-2012
Argentina’s controversial new import restrictions came into effect on Wednesday as part of the legislation on the trading sector which gives the government bureaucracy more powers to control and restrict imports.
PA, Mercosur sign free trade agreement
24-Dec-2011
The Palestinian Authority signed a free trade agreement with the Mercosur trade group Tuesday during the organizations’ presidential summit in Uruguay.
If Venezuela joins the Mercosur economic bloc, will it follow the rules?
24-Dec-2011
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez needs to wait a bit longer for his country’s entry into Mercosur, the Common Market of the South founded in 1991 by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Though the group feels they found a procedural move to get around the opposition of Paraguay’s legislature, the move will take additional time.
Mercosur eyes protectionist steps as trade war looms
20-Dec-2011 Dow Jones
Mercosur is expected to sign a free trade agreement with Palestine on the second day of the summit following a similar deal signed with Israel in 2007.
Mercosur deal threat
5-Dec-2011
Fears were growing this week that Europe could be swamped by South American beef imports under a new trade deal with the region.
Mercosur is not moving but Uruguay “will not stay put licking its wounds”
19-Nov-2011
Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that Mercosur “is not moving forward or backwards” but is certainly working much better than the European Union where old experienced nations “made a mess of it”. Nevertheless, Uruguay will not stay put “licking its wounds”, it will look for other trade links.
Sacu-Mercosur Pta Gets Cautionary Thumbs-Up
3-Nov-2011
The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Tjekero Tweya, tabled a motion in Parliament on Thursday for the ratification of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) and South America’s trade bloc, called the Common Market of the South (Mercosur).
The view from Europe: Central America, Europe and the Caribbean
17-Oct-2011 Dominican Today
Little has been said about how the Caribbean, Central America and eventually almost all of Latin America will in a matter of years be competing directly in Europe, writes David Jessop
“Mercosur won’t destroy European agriculture”, says EU business lobby
7-Oct-2011 MercoPress
The head of Business-Europe International Relations said Wednesday that a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur “would not destroy European agriculture” in spite of fears from farmers.
Karel De Gucht: The state of play of the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations – transcript
5-Oct-2011 Eurasia Review
"I know that Business Europe and CNI are strong supporters of the trade agreement and believe it will create thousands of jobs. But we are at a delicate stage of negotiations – with some voices critical of the competition it might bring."
EU farm losses from trade deal with Mercosur ‘would range 1 to 3 billion Euros’
4-Oct-2011 MercoPress
European Union farmers could suffer losses ranking from one to three billion Euros if a trade agreement is finally agreed with Mercosur according to a European Commission evaluation paper on the impact.
Argentina joins regional free trade pact with Israel
12-Sep-2011
Argentina became the last of five South American countries to sign onto a regional free trade agreement with Israel.
China builds trade with South America
5-Sep-2011 Live Trading News
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman Saturday urged a boost to the south American country ‘s trade ties with China, saying a free trade agreement (FTA) between Beijing and the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) could be “extraordinary”.
Mercosur-China FTA could be "extraordinary", says Argentine FM
4-Sep-2011
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman Saturday urged to boost the south American country ’s trade ties with China, saying a free trade agreement (FTA) between Beijing and the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) could be "extraordinary".
Argentine ratifies trade Mercosur-Israel trade agreement
15-Aug-2011
Argentina ratified this week the free trade agreement reached between Mercosur and Israel, the first to be signed by the South American block with an outer zone party.