Brussels, 08/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton and her Brazilian host, Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota, have said that they expect significant progress this year in negotiations on an association agreement between the EU and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, with Venezuela in the process of joining), which will put in place a free-trade zone. “Both sides expect 2012 to be a year in which we will make progress and,...