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1991 Mar 26 |
The Treaty of Asuncion established the southern common market: (Mercado Comun del Sur) Mercosur, between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. They were later joined by associate members Chile (1996), Bolivia (1997), Peru (2001) and Venezuela (2004). Mexico was granted observer status in 2004. Links: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mercosur 
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1991 |
Brazil implemented a common external tariff with its Mercosur partners, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Links: Brazil, Mercosur
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1994 |
The Mercosur Customs Union was created among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Links: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mercosur
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1996 |
Bolivia joined Mercosur, the Southern Cone Common Market, as an associated member. Links: Bolivia, Mercosur
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1999 Jun 28 |
A European and Latin American summit opened for a 2 day conference in Rio De Janeiro. The EU and Mercosur bloc agreed to form a new free-trade zone. Links: Brazil, EU, Mercosur, Summit
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2000 Dec 15 |
Pres. Mbeki of South Africa spoke at a MERCOSUR meeting in Brazil and planned to begin negotiations to join the trading block. Links: Brazil, South Africa, Mercosur
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2002 Jul 27 |
South American leaders ended a two-day summit with an agreement to strengthen cooperation to better negotiate with the United States a free-trade zone for the hemisphere. In a document called the "Guayaquil Consensus," the 10 presidents said it was important to fortify cooperation between the region's two major trade blocs (Mercosur, made up of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, with Chile and Bolivia as associated members, and the Andean pact, composed of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia) to permit South America to proceed successfully with negotiations for a hemispheric-wide free-trade zone. Links: Ecuador, Mercosur
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2003 Aug 25 |
Brazil's Pres. Lula da Silva and Peru's Pres. Toledo signed a free-trade agreement between Peru and Mercosur. Peru planned to join as an associate member. Links: Brazil, Peru, Mercosur
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2006 Jul 4 |
President Hugo Chavez marked Venezuela's entry into the South American trade bloc Mercosur with a six-nation summit, an alliance that he says should be a common front against US free trade deals. Links: Venezuela, Mercosur
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2006 Jul 5 |
Venezuela marked its Independence Day showcasing recent arms deals that have alarmed Washington. Pres. Chavez proposed that Mercosur members: Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay and Paraguay, should one day join their militaries to guarantee the region's security. Links: Venezuela, Mercosur
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2006 Jul 21 |
Venezuela formally entered Mercosur, increasing the South American trade bloc's economic might and vowing to transform the policy organization into a force for profound social change. Cuba’s Fidel Castro signed a modest trade at the 2-day Mercosur meeting in Cordoba, Argentina. Links: Argentina, Venezuela, Mercosur
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2007 Jan 18 |
South America's most prominent leaders met in Rio for a two-day summit of the fractured Mercosur economic bloc. Leaders sought to refocus Mercosur on the needs of the region's poor as Venezuela's outspoken president called for remaking Mercosur to fit his vision of "21st century socialism." Links: Brazil, Venezuela, Mercosur
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2007 Jun 29 |
Mercosur, South America’s biggest trade block (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), held a presidential summit in Asuncion, Paraguay. Links: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mercosur
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2008 May 23 |
In Brazil 12 South American leaders gathered in Brasilia to set up the Union of South American Nations. UNASUR was expected to replace the South American Community, declared in 2004, and unite the Mercosur and Andean Community free trade areas. Members included Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Links: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Paraguay, Suriname, Guyana, Uruguay, Mercosur, Unasur
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2011 Dec 20 |
Palestinian foreign affairs minister Riyad Al Maliki signed a free trade agreement with the Mercosur trade group during the organization's presidential summit in Uruguay. Links: Palestine, Uruguay, Mercosur
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2012 Jun 25 |
In Argentina Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met President Cristina Fernandez in Buenos Aires as part of a South American tour that included visits to Brazil and Uruguay and will end in Chile this week. Wen said the Asian giant is interested in a possible free-trade deal with the Mercosur regional trade bloc. Links: Argentina, China, Mercosur
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2012 Jun 29 |
In Argentina the Mercosur trade bloc held a summit. It suspended Paraguay's membership for having impeached and ousted its president but said it will not slap economic sanctions on it. The group also announced that Venezuela will become a full member starting July 31. Links: Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay, Mercosur
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2012 Jul 31 |
Venezuela was officially welcomed into the Mercosur trade bloc as Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff hosted Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez and Uruguay's Jose Mujica along with Chavez for the one-day Mercosur meeting in Brasilia. Links: Brazil, Venezuela, Mercosur
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2017 Aug 5 |
The South American trade bloc Mercosur, meeting in San Paulo, decided to suspend Venezuela for failing to follow democratic norms. Links: Brazil, Venezuela, Mercosur
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2019 Jun 28 |
The EU signed a historic trade agreement with the four-nation South American bloc known as Mercosur. The agreement creates a market of 780 million people with the EU. Links: EU, Mercosur
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2019 Jul 2 |
France said it was "not ready" to ratify a huge trade deal agreed by the European Union and the four South American countries of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), as farmers and environmentalists step up their resistance to the accord. Links: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, France, Uruguay, Mercosur
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2019 Aug 23 |
Aids of Pres. Emmanuel Macron said France will now block the Mercosur (Free Trade Agreement with the EU. Macron has accused his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro of lying to him at the G20 summit earlier this year on Brazil's stance on climate change. Brazilian federal experts have reported a record number of wildfires across the country this year, up 84 percent over the same period in 2018. Links: Brazil, France, Mercosur
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2021 Dec 17 |
In Brazil a summit of the South American trade bloc Mercosur ended without a final presidential statement, as member nations failed to reach an agreement to reduce import tariffs amid a sharp rise in inflation. Links: Brazil, Mercosur
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2022 Jul 20 |
In Paraguay South American trade bloc Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay) concluded talks on a trade pact with Singapore. Links: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Singapore, Uruguay, Mercosur
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