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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10311

9 February 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mercosur
Free trade agreement by mid-2011 unlikely

Brussels, 08/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - Despite progress in negotiations, it is unlikely that a bilateral trade pact within the framework of the EU-Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, with Venezuela in the process of joining) association agreement will be concluded before mid-2011. “I don't think it will be possible to finalise the negotiations completely by the middle of the year”, said Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, speaking in Asunción, the first stop on his visit...

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