by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Sep 26, 2020 | Doing business, General, Mercosur, Uruguay
(photo: Zonamerica) We get asked very often about free trade zones (FTZs) in South America, more particularly in Mercosur, and more often than not in Uruguay. We have covered this topic before in our blog so today we bring you just some interesting facts about free...
by Gabriela | Dec 1, 2019 | Argentina, Mercosur, Paraguay, Uruguay
Shortly after announcing the Mercosur-EU trade agreement, the lesser-known but equally important Mercosur-EFTA agreement followed. Businesses in the European Free Trade Association area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland), will soon start benefiting from...
by Gabriela | Aug 7, 2019 | Argentina, Mercosur, Paraguay, Uruguay
The Mercosur-EU agreement, 20 years in the making, is important enough for us to have devoted these last five posts to it. We looked first at the broad picture, then we recapped on what Mercosur actually is and then we looked at the opportunities. Our previous post...
by Gabriela | Aug 7, 2019 | Argentina, Mercosur, Paraguay, Uruguay
We devoted the last three posts to the Mercosur/EU trade agreement. We looked first at the broad picture, then we recapped on what Mercosur actually is and then we looked at the opportunities. Let’s look now at the agreement in more detail (source): “The agreement...
by Gabriela | Jul 9, 2019 | Argentina, Mercosur, Paraguay, Uruguay
It has been argued that in the UK not enough media attention is being given to the agreement between the EU and Mercosur, the South American trading bloc comprising Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay (280 million people). That could be because Britain would be...
by Gabriela | Jul 9, 2019 | Argentina, General, Mercosur, Paraguay, Uruguay
We are devoting a series of posts on this blog to give you some down-to-earth thoughts on the recently-signed Mercosur/EU agreement. Our first post gave you some initial thoughts. But what’s Mercosur all about and why should UK companies* be paying attention? Mercosur...
