Attempts to relaunch long-stalled EU Mercosur free trade negotiations have not materialised at the EU-CELAC summit yesterday and today, despite hopes to that end. However, both parties have vowed to deliver an ‘exchange of offers’ in the last quarter of 2015. Chances that this happens are low, as explained here.
Tag: Latin America
Comment: EU Mercosur trade talks – (plus) ça change?
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Opinion: The geostrategic importance of the EU-Mercosur negotiations
Seal the long-stalled EU Mercosur trade deal or accept Brazil’s and South America’s turn to China and away from a liberal world order, argues Mikael Wigell from the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.