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Alckmin says France wants to delay EU-Mercosur FTA
Brazil's Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, stated on Friday that France was attempting to delay the signing of the long-negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).
BRUSSELS The European route to reach the signing of the trade agreement with Mercosur, scheduled for next week, is full of institutional junctions and political difficulties. Some countries continue to...
Buenos Aires, 13 December (NA) – Only days before the attempted signing date, the historic free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) faces a new and unexpected delay, with the Government of Brazil pointing directly to France as the main obstacle. Brazilian Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, revealed this Friday that Paris is exerting pressure to postpone the signing …
Brazil officialized this Thursday that the Mercosur presidential summit will be held on 20 December in Foz do Iguaçu, on the triple border with Argentina and Paraguay. Confirmation clears weeks of uncertainty around the headquarters and the timetable, conditioned by the possibility that the block will conclude the signing of the trade agreement with the European Union (EU), negotiated for a quarter of a century. The definition came at a key mome…
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