On Wednesday 18 April, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström said she was confident about the possibility of concluding the ongoing negotiations on the trade section of an association agreement between the European Union and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), as well as on the trade section of a revised global agreement between the EU and Mexico "this spring".
"We are close (to an agreement in these negotiations). I am still optimistic that they can be finalised...