PUERTO IGUAZU: Argentina and Brazil, South America's largest economies, took aim on Tuesday (Jul 4) at an 'unacceptable' EU stance in negotiations with the Mercosur bloc for a free trade deal long delayed due to stated European environmental concerns. Mercosur countries Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Urug
PUERTO IGUAZU: Argentina and Brazil, South America's largest economies, took aim on Tuesday at an"unacceptable" EU stance in negotiations with the Mercosur bloc for a free trade deal long delayed due to stated European environmental concerns.
"Strategic partners do not negotiate on the basis of distrust and the threat of sanctions," he told the meeting. Fernandez added the EU"presents us with a partial vision of sustainable development, focused excessively on the environmental" aspect. Its trade deal with the EU became held up under the 2019-2022 presidency of Lula's far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, on whose watch Amazon deforestation surged.
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