Before handing the helm of the Mercosur bloc over to Uruguay on 1 July, Paraguay last weekend highlighted the EU's agricultural sensitivities as an element that is slowing down the conclusion of a deal on the trade section of a association agreement between the two blocs.
The lack of compromise on agricultural and automobile issues continues to be an obstacle to an agreement between the EU and Mercosur, Paraguay's Foreign Affairs Minister Eladio Loizaga stated, underlining that these...