On Monday 13 November, the European Commission stated in a press release that the fifth round of negotiations (since their start in October 2016) for an EU-Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) free trade agreement enabled “substantive progress” towards an agreement in all areas covered. This fifth round of negotiations was held in Brasilia on 6-10 November and also enabled the way to be paved for a third exchange of offers on market access.
Progress was recorded in...