Minutes before passing Mercosur's rotating presidency to Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou, Paraguayan head of state Santiago Peña pointed out Monday that during his 6-month tenure achievements had been ...

Montevideo will host the XLV Mercosur Summit on 5-6 December, bringing together South American leaders to discuss pressing regional issues. Outgoing Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou will chair ...

Mercosur and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), comprised of Nor-way, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechten-stein, will benefit “from improved market access for more than 97% of their ...

EU, Mercosur trade bloc strike free trade agreement Deal now faces long process to finalise, approve Trade agreement over two decades in the making Deal faces pushback from France, EU farmers ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to "finalise" an EU trade deal with four South American countries, which Paris has so far ...

The French government wants to block the free trade agreement between the European Union and five South American countries. Meanwhile, farmers have called for nationwide protests starting on Monday.

The EU was already Mercosur’s second-largest trading partner two years ago for goods, accounting for 16.9% of total trade, trailing China but beating the US, according to the European Commission. The ...

Within Mercosur – the South American trade bloc including Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay ... which is very difficult to explain to the Chinese.

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 ...

France opposed to Mercosur deal EU Commission hopes to sign. Ursula von der Leyen is confident a trade agreement with the South American countries can be reached.

The European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc have agreed to terms for a long-anticipated free trade deal, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in Montevideo on Friday.