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Panama President Seeks Support for Vital Río Indio Water Project
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At the presidential summit held this Thursday in Buenos Aires, Mercosur announced the final closure of the free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), a bloc made up of Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein. It is a pact that opens trade opportunities in a market of approximately 290 million consumers and a combined GDP of more than 4.3 trillion dollars. Negotiations between the two blocs began in 2017 and inte…
Panama president seeks support for vital Río Indio water project
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino urged member nations at the Mercosur Summit in Buenos Aires, to back the Río Indio project, a critical infrastructure effort to secure water supplies for the Panama Canal.
South American Leaders Advance Trade and Tariff Changes at Mercosur Summit in Argentina
The Mercosur Summit opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina, bringing together leaders and ministers from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia, along with representatives from associated countries. The main focus was on making trade easier and updating the rules that guide the South American trade bloc. At the historic San Martín Palace, economy and foreign ministers […]
In terms of intellectual property protection, the Efta and Mercosur states have not been able to agree in the free trade agreement. Brazil could not be convinced to treat the patented Swiss products in the same way as the national ones.
Mercosur and EFTA complete a free trade agreement with expanded market access
Mercosur and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA, comprising Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland) announced on July 2, 2025, the ending of negotiations for a new free trade agreement. The deal marks a milestone in strengthening ties between the two blocs, aligning with both regions’ strategies to diversify trade partnerships amid a global context of economic uncertainty and increasing protectionist policies. Mercosur and EFTA t…
President Yamandú Orsi said that the agreement between Mercosur and the EFTA countries “strengthen” Mercosur and “empower” the region and that the current world context for example “makes Europe look with better eyes at Mercosur” than before. Orsi last night gave a press conference at the Uruguayan embassy in Buenos Aires, after the end of the first day of the Mercosur summit (see note apart) with the meeting of the Council of Common Market and …
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