Brazil does not rule out the trade agreement between China and Mercosur that Uruguay wants

Brazil sees a free trade agreement between Mercosur and China as “possible”. During his visit to Uruguay, the President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, showed his willingness to “talk” with the Asian country about It is an agreement Uruguay has already sought Bilaterally despite opposition from the group consisting of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.

“We belong to Mercosur and we have this An unchanging profession: modern, flexible and open to the worldUruguay President Luis Lacalle Poe insisted.

Although Lula supports the idea with nuances and insists on the urgency and importance of getting to Mercosur agreement with the European Union. He said:Intensifying talks with the European Union And they will embody this agreement so that later we can talk about a possible agreement between China and Mercosur.

The EU reached a trade deal in 2019 with Mercosur after 20 years of negotiations, but it has yet to be ratified.

Uruguay has been calling for more flexibility within Mercosur for years, but its own independent negotiations with China They threatened to break the block.

Lula’s official visit to Uruguay concluded with a warm meeting at the residence of former President Mujica, in which Lula conveyed his “bitterness to the country of Brazil”.

“In Brazil there was no conflict between the right and the left… It’s wrong,” he added. The real suit is respectful democracy or authoritarianismJose Mujica said.

For Mujica, there’s so much he can do that he doesn’t have to separate left and right. He celebrated the Brazilian president’s determination to “open up to the world” because, he says, Latin America’s “global interest” must be defended.