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Mercosur
US President said the United States will pursue a trade deal with Latin America’s largest nation, one of the least open economies in the world.
Driven by the agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, the government is working to enable a trade alliance between the South American bloc and Japan.
With some chapters of the free trade agreement already concluded, the working groups convening this round included trade in goods and in services, investment, intellectual property.
Mercosur expecte trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association, a rich-country club, which includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, to be finalized by August.
The South American trade bloc Southern Common Market (Mercosur) aims to further promote free trade among its members and trade partners, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said
Member nations and the European Union in June agreed to a deal that will eliminate nearly all tariffs on two-way trade.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro intends to propose a free trade agreement between South America's Mercosur and the United States, once he takes leadership of the bloc, presidential spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said.
As released by the European Commission
As released by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay
The motion condemned the trade agreement, recently agreed between the EU and four South American countries, as “a bad deal for Ireland and for the planet” and mandated the Government to oppose the deal at the Council of Ministers in the future.
