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Now playing Next Europe News Latin America wants 'political relationship' with EU The EU-Mercosur trade agreement has been on hold for a number of years now. 07/06/2023
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Now playing Next Europe News Explained: Why the EU-Mercosur trade deal could be ratified this year Negotiations between the two blocs — Mercosur includes Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay — started in 2000 and were concluded in June 2019. 01/02/2023
Now playing Next Argentina Brazil's Lula meets Argentina's leader in bid to restore relations Brazil's President Lula begins his international tour in Argentina before he departs for more visits with his other South American neighbours and later, Washington in February. 24/01/2023
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Now playing Next state of the union Was von der Leyen's charm offensive enough to get MEP approval? Von der Leyen finished her meetings with political groups in Brussels, but it's unclear if she will win the absolute majority of votes in Strasbourg. In other news, Angela Merkel decided to change protocol to prevent her from shaking. All this and more in the State of the Union. 15/07/2019
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