On Wednesday 22 November, Sandra Gallina, the chief EU negotiator in free-trade talks with Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) encouraged countries in the Latin-American bloc to undertake a raft of reforms, particularly as a means to eradicate certain tariff peaks and open up their markets to industrial products, services and public procurement, in an effort to move towards an agreement of principle which she hopes will be possible by the end of this year.
Addressing the...