Russia, Brazil, tomorrow (we hope) China: has the European Union really got a reasonable concept of economic and trade relations, in line with its interests in the medium and longer terms? Certain recent developments give us hope, be it the breathing space in negotiations with Mercosur, the contents and details of the agreement in principle between the EU and Russia on the four “common areas” or the global nature of recent high-level talks with China.
For an agreement with Mercosur...