Weekly Report - 12 December 2013 (WR-13-49)

ARGENTINA-REGION | Argentina to lift Mercosur barriers. Some of the trade disputes between Argentina and Brazil are on their way to resolution, and the two countries, along with Paraguay and Uruguay, should be able to present a joint position for the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to the European Union (EU) on an inter-bloc association agreement before the end of this month, Brazil’s trade minister Fernando Pimentel said on 5 December in Buenos Aires. “There’s been a change of team and we think that is positive”, he said.

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