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AES wins landmark $733 million arbitration award against Argentina: the path to collection
3-Jun-2025 Panabee
The AES Corporation, a global power generation and utility company, has secured a significant victory in a long-standing dispute with the Argentine Republic.
If Argentina leaves Paris Agreement, Mercosur deal still stands for other countries
12-May-2025 EU News
Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic clarifies the rules and scope of the free trade agreement with the South American bloc. The principle is suspension with the individual state.
Argentina still on hook for BIT arbitral award
5-May-2025 iclg
ICSID tribunal rejects Argentina’s request to reconsider award based on the judgment in entirely separate litigation proceedings.
Argentina pursues trade deal in Washington as Trump tariffs loom
2-Apr-2025 Reuters
Argentina’s foreign minister will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a trip aimed at laying the initial groundwork for a trade deal between the two nations.
US not interested in FTA with Argentina, Latin American Envoy says
4-Mar-2025 MercoPress
US State Department envoy for Latin American Affairs said that President Donald Trump’s administration is not looking for new free trade agreements, but is open to investment promotion, fair and equitable trade agreements.
Swiss foreign minister pushes for free trade deal in Latin America
10-Feb-2025 Swissinfo
During a five-day trip to Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay this week, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis tried to push forward negotiations on a free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
The Mercosur deal — why would the EU trust a man like Milei?
4-Dec-2024 EU Observer
The EU’s climate hypocrisy is exposed yet again: while Argentina’s far-right president Javier Milei threatens to exit the Paris Agreement, the EU is turning a deaf ear and rushing to finalise the climate-wrecking EU-Mercosur trade deal.
Macron: Milei ‘not satisfied’ with Mercosur trade deal either
18-Nov-2024 Politico
Macron told reporters in Buenos Aires that the EU-Mercosur agreement is "a bad deal" that would be "very harmful for Argentina’s reindustrialization" and "harmful for our farmers."
Argentina’s Milei to seek free trade agreement with the US
15-Nov-2024 Buenos Aires Herald
Argentine President Javier Milei said he will seek a free trade agreement with the United States and expects the incoming Trump administration to “support” his government with the International Monetary Fund.
Argentina-Japan: Buenos Aires supports economic partnership agreement with Mercosur
15-Nov-2024 Agenzia Nova
Argentina would support the adoption of an economic partnership agreement between the South American trade bloc Mercosur and Japan.
Climate Hypocrisy ahead of G20: New report exposes the dangers of Milei’s climate-wrecking economic reforms and why the EU-Mercosur trade deal should finally be dropped
13-Nov-2024 CAN Europe
A new report uncovers the climate-wrecking economic shock plans by Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei, and how the EU-Mercosur trade deal risks fueling Argentina’s social-ecological crisis and climate-breakdown.
Argentina urges Mercosur to sign FTA with Vietnam and Indonesia
9-Jul-2024 The Voice of Vietnam
Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino has urged the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to be more flexible in negotiations and seek free trade agreements with Vietnam and Indonesia.
Joint statement on the fourth meeting of the United States – Argentina council on trade and investment
11-Jun-2024 USTR
Argentina expressed its determination to join the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity, and the United States welcomed Argentina’s interest in joining.
Uruguay supports Việt Nam’s negotiations of FTA with Mercosur: Official
23-May-2024 Việt Nam News
Uruguay’s foreign minister emphasised that the country will work closely with the Vietnamese Embassy to promote stronger and more comprehensive relations between the two countries in the coming time.
Kyiv has offered Argentina and Chile a free trade agreement, participation in reconstruction, and investment opportunities in Ukraine
20-May-2024 UBN
Following visits by Minister of Economy Yuliya Svyrydenko to Argentina and Chile, she confirmed a common interest in investment and the conclusion of bilateral agreements on free trade.
Diana Mondino: Mercosur must open up to ‘agreements with other countries’
19-Apr-2024 Buenos Aires Times
Argentina’s Foreign Minister Diana Mondino calls for modernisation of Mercosur rules and backs push for free-trade deal with China.
A climate-denier Milei and a hypocritical EU-Mercosur pact
22-Jan-2024 Friends of the Earth Europe
In the rush to finalise the controversial EU-Mercosur trade deal before the European elections in June this year, its promoters appear willing to shake hands with Argentina’s new far-right president, Javier Milei — a known climate change denier.
Scholz, Milei in favour of a swift conclusion to EU-Mercosur deal
10-Jan-2024 Buenos Aires Times
President Javier Milei spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with the two calling for a swift conclusion to the European Union-Mercosur trade deal.
Argentina’s outgoing government rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal, but incoming administration backs it
5-Dec-2023 ABC News
Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero said the agreement as currently written would have a negative impact on manufacturing and agricultural exports.
Macron concerns derail EU-South America trade deal yet again
4-Dec-2023 Yahoo
Le sommet du Mercosur prévu le 7 décembre (2023) est annulé. Ce nouvel échec témoigne de la difficulté pour l’Union européenne de signer des accords de ce type avec des pays éloignés des standards communautaires.