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PACIFIC ALLIANCE: Paraguay Foreign Minister Announces Meetings With Bloc, UE

(Agencia CMA Latam) - The chancellor of Paraguay, Eladio Loizaga, announced that Mercosur (Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina) plans meetings with the European Union (EU) and the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru) to advance in the trade talks opened with both blocs.

Loizaga said that talks with the representatives of the Pacific Alliance should take place next month in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, while meetings with the EU are scheduled for mid-July, with Mercosul foreign ministers and EU commissioners, although he did not specify where.

The Paraguayan chancellor told reporters in Assuncion about other trade agreements promoted during the pro tempore presidency of Paraguay, which began in December and referred to the negotiations with Canada and South Korea.

by Agencia CMA Latam

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