Despite the meaning of his statement, Bustillo ratified Uruguay’s membership in Mercosur, beyond “some statements that seem to cast doubt on it.”
Bustillo’s word was awaited with special attention by all those attending the summit, after the Uruguayan president, Luis Lacalle Pouannounced on July 13 the formal start of negotiations between his country and Chinato seal a FTA(FTA) without the rest of Mercosur.
The Uruguayan foreign minister criticized the bloc’s dynamics and announced that during the Pro Tempore Presidency that Uruguay will exercise in the second semester, they will try to advance in the “urgent modernization of its external relations.”
The chancellor maintained that 31 years after the signing of the Treaty of Asuncion (founding act of Mercosur) “we have not been able to advance in the constitutive axes” and, consequently, “we are not facing a Common Market not even one customs union“, since the Common External Tariff (AEC) “It is more a reference to look for lists of exceptions and excluded sectors” of that regime.
Without making explicit mention of the country he was referring to, Bustillo said that in Mercosur “we have not made progress in intra-bloc trade, but this has worsened in recent years with some members of the bloc.”
Source: Ambito
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