Mercosur

The European Union hosted Latin American and Caribbean leaders Monday at a long-awaited summit to soothe strained ties, but found themselves divided over how to address Russia's war in Ukraine.  Issued…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on before a meeting with Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, June 26, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado SAO PAULO…

Article content (Bloomberg) — The Mercosur trade group and the European Union will reach a trade agreement soon, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said Saturday in Buenos Aires, during German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to the South…

Presidential meetings of the South American Mercosur alliance were usually sedate affairs — until Uruguay decided to “open up to the world” under its pro-business leader Luis Lacalle Pou. Hard at work negotiating new trade deals…

© Reuters. General view of the Common Market Council (CMC) meeting during the Mercosur trade bloc summit, in Bento Goncalves, Brazil December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Diego Vara By Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A summit of the…