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Pacific Alliance and Mercosur start plans for free trade agreement

Pacific Alliance and Mercosur start plans for free trade agreement

July 24, 2018 | Cecilia Tornaghi
Pacific Alliance wants more integration, less barriers to trade and better connection with Asia-Pacific.

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, was Latin America’s virtual capital for a few hours on Tuesday, when Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos, Peru's Martin Vizcarra, Mexico's Enrique Peña Nieto, Chile's Sebastian Piñera, Brazil's Michel Temer and Uruguay's Tabaré Vázquez sat in the same room at the Mercosur - Pacific Alliance meeting.  It was the first high-level meeting between the two trade blocs, and the presidents from both regional groups signed a letter of intent to create a regional free trade agreement.

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