The Vice President of Brazil, Hamilton Mourão, defended this Wednesday (13.05.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX) the need for reorganize Mercosur so that Argentina returns to the negotiating table after the neighboring country announced last month that it will abstain from participating in ongoing talks for future trade agreements in the bloc.
In an online broadcast with the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Mourão also defended the government of President Jair Bolsonaro cannot abandon the efforts previously made with the Mercosur countries, a block formed by, in addition to Brazil and Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
«We need to reorganize ourselves in Mercosur, even the political problem itself has contaminated our relationship, we have to reorganize it and bring Argentina back into the game."said Mourão, who stressed that, in parallel with Mercosur, Brazil should not neglect the search for bilateral trade agreements.
«It is obvious that Brazil still reserves its ability to make bilateral agreements, but it is something that our predecessors have worked exhaustively on, this integration of the four countries, I see that we cannot abandon it in a pure and simple way.", he defended.
Last month, the Argentine government informed the other countries in the bloc that it will not participate in ongoing negotiations for future trade agreements of the bloc, maintaining only those that have already been concluded with the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
According to Mourão, Mercosur has been negotiating trade agreements with countries such as Canada, South Korea and Singapore. He argued that the South American bloc should also enter into negotiations with Arab countries..
Source: Reuters
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