Mercosur
Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:06:00 GMTUruguay moves toward ratifying EU–Mercosur deal after special committee approval
A special committee of Uruguay’s parliament tasked with reviewing the EU–Mercosur agreement approved the ratification bill on Monday, clearing the way for floor votes in the Senate and lower house in the coming days — a t...
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:13:00 GMTUruguay foreign minister Lubetkin grilled over Venezuela, China–Taiwan wording and US visas
Uruguay’s foreign minister Mario Lubetkin appeared before Parliament’s Permanent Commission after an opposition-led interpellation focused on the government’s stance on Venezuela, a Taiwan-related line included in a joint...
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:04:00 GMTMercosur–EU deal: Uruguay’s PIT-CNT urges sector impact studies for an “informed” Senate debate
Uruguay’s PIT-CNT labour federation warned lawmakers that the debate on the Mercosur–European Union trade deal is moving forward without adequate sector-by-sector assessments, which it said “limits the possibility of an i...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:13:00 GMTArgentina–Uruguay river commission faces tensions over funding and infrastructure disputes
A string of disagreements between Uruguay’s and Argentina’s delegations at the Administrative Commission of the Uruguay River (CARU) has heightened internal friction at the binational body in recent weeks, amid clashes invo...
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:09:00 GMTArgentina moves first in Mercosur as lower house backs EU trade deal
Argentina became the first Mercosur country to secure an initial legislative green light for the trade agreement with the European Union, after the Chamber of Deputies approved the text late on Thursday. The bloc also includes ...
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:09:00 GMTHundreds of tractors roll into Madrid as farmers protest CAP cuts and EU-Mercosur accord
Thousands of farmers and ranchers, alongside hundreds of tractors, rallied in central Madrid on Wednesday to protest expected cuts in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to denounce the European Union’s trade agreem...
Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:53:00 GMTOrsi, Xi Jinping sign cooperation deals in Beijing as Uruguay backs “one China” and trade talks with Mercosur are floated
China’s President Xi Jinping met Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi in Beijing on Tuesday, a visit framed by both sides as a bid to deepen political alignment and broaden economic ties at a moment of heightened geopolitical ...
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:19:00 GMTEU ‘ready’ to roll out Mercosur deal once South American ratifications start, von der Leyen says
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union is prepared to provisionally implement the EU–Mercosur trade agreement as soon as Mercosur countries begin completing their ratification procedures, s...
Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:26:00 GMTEuropean Parliament puts EU-Mercosur trade deal on hold, seeks top court legal opinion
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to freeze its approval track for the EU-Mercosur trade agreement and request a legal opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on whether the deal is compatible wi...
Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:01:00 GMTOrsi on Lula’s absence at EU-Mercosur signing: “Any absence does not leave a good impression”
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi expressed disapproval over the absence of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the signing of the landmark free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Mercosur...