The Argentine president, Javier Milei, Through his X account, responding to messages from his followers, he assured that he is trying to get the Mercosur progress on free trade agreements, without specifying whether this is China Or the European Unionalthough it is understood that it is about both.
After the criticism received from the president Luis Lacalle Pou, where he questioned the presence of the chancellor, Diana Mondino, and the absence of Javier Milei, the Argentine president spoke in favor of the commercial opening of the bloc and assured that he is pushing for this to happen.
“If he Mercosur “It is so important that all the presidents should be here. It is important for us, that is why I am here,” said Lacalle Pou in his speech during the 64th summit of the Mercosur and where he assumed the pro tempore presidency of the block in Assumption.
From this, the president decided to send a message through his social networks, responding to some of his followers, and ensuring that the Argentine government is trying to promote free trade agreements with Mercosur, a request that has been made Uruguay years ago.
An endless struggle and insistence with China
During his speech yesterday, President Lacalle Pou once again criticized the endless amount of time that Mercosur and the European Union have taken to finally reach an agreement that has been dragging on for 25 years. “It doesn’t seem logical to me that after 25 years of patching up and working, we have to renegotiate everything again,” he said, regarding the request to renegotiate everything again by the French president. Emmanuel Macron.
“I don’t know if it is the European electoral process or the changes we are experiencing and the rulers speaking to their electorate and pressure groups, which is making progress difficult,” said the president, who said that the EU is much less prepared to move forward on the agreement than Mercosur itself, citing the example of the elections in France.
In this sense, Lacalle Pou stated that this type of behavior “makes one think that there is no logical line of progress in the agreement.” “I believe that ideology is harming the union between the Mercosur and the EU”, he added.
Meanwhile, the president again expressed the need to open up to the world and the other business opportunities that the bloc has with other countries, including the United Arab Emirates, a rapprochement achieved by Paraguay.
“I remember that President Peña “asked for the drop,” as they say in my country, to establish some contact with the Emirates and, for that reason, we extended the transfer of the pro tempore presidency because the effort he was making seemed logical to us and, apparently, last week they sat down to talk,” said Lacalle Pou.
On the other hand, he celebrated the presence of the president of Panama, Jose Raul Mulinoat the summit and commented that “surely” they have complementary economies, and also celebrated the possibility of making an agreement with Dominican Republic. “From China to the Dominican Republic, passing through the Emirates, we must open up to the world,” he said.
Regarding the Asian giant, Lacalle Pou again insisted on moving forward with an agreement. “The proposal that we are going to make in the months of the pro tempore presidency is to resume the dialogue mechanism with China. The approach of Uruguay to start bilaterally with China It is not a whim, it is that we need to move forward. If there is no will from the partners to move forward together, let us move forward at different speeds,” Lacalle Pou stressed, referring to the controversy that arose between the former president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, who questioned the bilateral progress of Uruguay with China.
Source: Ambito
