The Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado, I travel to China on an official mission and expectations are growing regarding a reactivation of the efforts regarding the FTA (TLC), prior to the visit that the president will make next month Luis Lacalle Pou to the Asian giant.
Delgado will participate in the III Belt and Road Forum of International Cooperationan initiative promoted by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, which brings together representatives from more than 100 countries. In this framework, the leader is expected to take steps to advance the bilateral trade relationship, at a time when tensions have grown. exports of meat vaccine since Uruguay to the Asian country.
In advance of the trip, the Secretary of the Presidency confirmed that he will hold several bilateral meetings and admitted that the invitation from the Chinese government “has a lot to do with a message from the Uruguayan government towards a destination,” alluding to the negotiations for the TLC.
Although he did not specifically focus on that agreement, he warned that “everything is going to be on the table” and assured that Xi’s administration “values this type of signals because China It is the main Uruguayan market in several areas, and obviously they can go deeper.
For China, “a political signal” is needed
When referring to the negotiations between the Asian giant and the Uruguayan government, the doctor in International Relations, Ignacio Bartesaghi, considered in dialogue with Radio Carve that if the FTA It was not signed, not for technical reasons, but because “a political signal” is needed from the region.
Bartesaghi He highlighted that prior to the trip Slim there were visits from ministers Fernando Mattos (Livestock, Agriculture and Fishing) and Omar Paganini (Industry, Energy and Mining), in addition to technical meetings between delegations from both countries. For this reason, he considered that after the visit of the hierarch the objective should be to “keep that flame alive,” in reference to the bilateral bond.
For the expert, “China needs a political signal from the region that there will not be an FTA Mercosur-China, and then advance alone with Uruguay”. He even compared the situation with the long-standing agreement between the Mercosur and the European Union, about which he also anticipated that there will be no news.
Regarding a possible change of scenario, Bartesaghi anticipated that the elections on Sunday the 22nd in Argentina They can be fundamental. “Follow Javier Milei, the flame of a solo agreement can be rekindled,” he predicted.
Source: Ambito
