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06.12.2024 - Presidente da República, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, durante Cúpula de Presidentes dos Estados Partes do MERCOSUL e dos Estados Associados Edifício MERCOSUL – Montevidéu, Uruguai Foto: Ricardo Stuckert / PR
Trade Regulations Dec, 06, 2024 0

Mercosur, EU Announce Free Trade Agreement After 25-Year Wait

The free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union was officially announced on Friday (6), following the Mercosur summit in Montevideo, Uruguay. The agreement will only be signed after…
Trade Regulations Dec, 06, 2024 0

Argentina Eases Courier Import Limits to Boost Price Competition

Argentina has raised the simplified import limit from $1,000 to $3,000 per shipment. Citizens now have access to more affordable goods, which likely reduces high domestic prices. Competition grows amid…
Trade Regulations Dec, 05, 2024 0

End of Shrimp Imports from Ecuador Announced by Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry

Minister André de Paula and the Secretary of Agricultural Defense at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), Carlos Goulart, announced the termination of shrimp imports from Ecuador, which will…
Trade Regulations Dec, 04, 2024 0

South American, EU negotiators race to close divisive trade deal

South America’s Mercosur trade bloc will meet in Uruguay on Thursday (Dec. 5) with the outside possibility the group could use the event to announce a long-delayed trade deal with…
Trade Regulations Dec, 04, 2024 0

EU Negotiators Reach Provisional Agreement to Delay Anti-Deforestation Law Implementation

Negotiators from the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional political agreement on Tuesday (December 3) to postpone the implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) until…
Trade Regulations Dec, 04, 2024 0

Chile and China Sign Protocols to Boost Fruit and Meat Exports

In a ceremony attended by Chilean Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren and China’s Minister of the General Administration of Customs, Yu Jianhua, the two countries signed protocols aimed at expanding…
Tereza Cristina agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) to increase competitiveness
Trade Regulations Dec, 03, 2024 0

“Sign it or bury it,” says former agriculture minister on EU-Mercosur deal

Key to finalizing the terms of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement in 2019 as then-minister of agriculture, Senator Tereza Cristina believes the deal must be signed now or abandoned in…
EU-Mercosur agreement / acordo UE-Mercosul
Trade Regulations Dec, 02, 2024 0

Why the EU-Mercosur deal angers French agribusiness

At the forefront of resistance to the European Union-Mercosur agreement, French agribusiness has been undergoing profound structural changes over the past few decades. These shifts include declining productivity, rising costs,…
Trade Regulations Nov, 29, 2024 0

Brazil and Chile Revise Rules of Origin to Boost Bilateral Trade

The Rules of Origin framework sets the standards that determine access to preferential tariffs for traded goods. These rules specify, for example, the maximum percentage of imported inputs a product…
Trade Regulations Nov, 27, 2024 0

Brazil’s Lula hopes for Mercosur-EU trade deal by year-end

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he hoped a trade deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur bloc would be finalized by the…