Bolsonaro will not go to the Asunción summit

Bolsonaro will not go to the Asunción summit

“I really like Marito, the president of Paraguay, we have a lot in common with him,” Bolsonaro added.

The ultraconservative president, candidate for re-election in the October elections in Brazil, did not justify his decision. The government did not inform at the moment who will go in his place.

The summit of the bloc also made up of Argentina Y Uruguay It will take place on July 21 and 22 in person for the first time after two years of being held virtually due to the pandemic.

Mercosur members have been negotiating for years a relaxation of the bloc and disagree on the revision of the tariff common and the possibility for countries to negotiate trade agreements with third parties independently.

On Wednesday, the president of Uruguay, Luis The street pouannounced that it will start negotiating with China a bilateral free trade agreement, a decision that had already been advanced in September of last year.

This issue will be on the table again at the Asunción summit. An agreement of the year 2000 of Mercosur establishes that any negotiation with third countries must have the endorsement of the rest of the partners.

Source: Ambito

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