Natalio Grinmanpresident of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services (CAC) and next president of Council of Chambers of Commerce of Mercosur (CCCM)celebrated the agreement between the South American trading bloc and the European Union.
”During recent years we have repeatedly spoken out in favor of the Mercosur-European Union Agreement. It was an understanding that took many years and that today has had a decisive advance”, he assured.
Under this line, Grinman detailed: ”The deepening of exchange is essential to promote the progress of nations, and the Mercosur-European Union agreement It is a powerful tool for that objective.. Both blocks constitute a market of 700 million people, with productive structures that are largely complementary and that, consequently, can benefit significantly from greater integration.”
Furthermore, he highlighted that “for twelve months Argentina has been going through a significant change process and welcome”, ensuring that it now exists ”a National Government with the firm conviction of reversing this reality and that has already taken enormous steps in this direction.” And he added: ”The Mercosur-European Union agreement is an important element that will collaborate with the much-needed international integration of Argentina.”
”He engine of progress of nations is the private sector; The State must create the conditions for this to happen. The aforementioned understanding, the product of important diplomatic efforts, is a significant contribution made by the public sector so that companies from the countries of both blocks can increase trade, investments and their levels of activity, thus generating economic and social development. in the nations involved,” he concluded.
The Mercosur-EU agreement
The president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pourepresenting all member countries of the Mercosur announced the agreement between the South American bloc and the European Union (EU) after 25 years of negotiations and despite France’s reluctance.
“The first thing I want to clarify is that it is not just a commercial exchange, which it is, perhaps more importantly for our countries with smaller economies, but there are some connections with Europe that unite us beyond and we have to value and understand that. “said Lacalle Pou, who told how each of the presidents of the countries of the region felt. Mercosur regarding the pact. “Santiago Pena He said that he is not satisfied, but he is enthusiastic. Lula da Silva which is a historic day. Xavier Milei that this moment is transcendent,” he added.
“An agreement of this type is not a solution, it is an opportunity and it depends on the speed that each country gives it, it is important that the steps be small, but firm,” he stressed.
”In some summits I commented that I have 20-year-old children who, when they found out that an agreement had taken 25 years of negotiation, could not understand it. Today I’m going to return home a little calmer,” said Lacalle Pou.
”It is illogical that countries cannot understand each other in these cases of time, he said that the sum of frustrated agreements was not only that tool in itself, but also that it did not generate trust,” the president recalled about his repeated criticisms of the delays in the pact.
For her part, the president of the European Commission (EC, executive body of the EU), Ursula von der Leyenhighlighted the work of “an entire generation” and called for honoring what was agreed, in a message to his European compatriots. “Today is a truly historic milestone,” he stressed.
Source: Ambito
