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Questions and answers on the EU-Mercosur partnership agreement
European Commission - Questions and answers
Questions and answers on the EU-Mercosur partnership agreement
Brussels, 6 December 2024
Why has the EU negotiated a partnership agreement with Mercosur?
Mercosur is a big market for EU exports and it was until now the only major trading partner in Latin
America with which the EU did not have a preferential trade agreement. EU firms exported to the four
founding countries of Mercosur:
€56 billion in goods (in 2023), and
€28 billion in servi...
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