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Pacific Alliance, Mercosur explore trade ties

Pacific Alliance, Mercosur explore trade ties

July 22, 2018 | Cecilia Tornaghi
Mercosur heads of state attend high-level talks at summit in Mexico

Economy & Policy Peru Mexico Colombia Chile Uruguay Argentina Brazil

Officials from Mercosur have tried to negotiate a trade agreement with the European Union for 20 years. But at a meeting last week in Brussels, they only succeeded to delaying the latest deadline to September.  The EU may have an extra incentive to reach an agreement sooner rather than later, as a global trade war looms, provoked by the protectionist policies of US President Donald Trump. The EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström has been on a roll lately, signing agreements with Mexico and Ja

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