On Friday 2 March, a source close to the issue at the European Commission said the two-week round of technical level negotiations, in Asunción from 20 February to 2 March, on the trade section of an association agreement between the EU and the Mercosur bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) had not enabled the expected breakthrough that would have led to Commissioners Cecilia Malmström (Trade) and Phil Hogan (Agriculture) travelling to the Paraguayan capital to finalise a...