Twenty-five countries, including Argentina, bolivian, Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguayanasked this Thursday the Congress of USA to restore a system that allows them to export certain goods without paying dutyreported the Argentine embassy in Washington. The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), started in 1974, eliminates tariffs on certain products from developing and low-income countries, but expired […]
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The US sanctions Paraguay’s vice president and former president Cartes again
The United States imposed economic sanctions this Thursday on Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velázquez and former President Horacio Cartes for “corruption”, after having banned them from entering the country months ago, reported the head of diplomacy Antony Blinken. President Joe Biden’s administration also sanctioned four companies owned or controlled by Cartes, a wealthy tobacco businessman […]
Lula considers it “urgent” for Mercosur to close an agreement with the EU before negotiating with China
brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva I consider “urgent and extremely necessary” that he mercosur close an agreement with the European Unionbefore negotiating a treaty with Chinaduring a visit to Uruguaya country that is advancing trade negotiations with Beijing on its own. “It is urgent and extremely necessary for Mercosur to reach an agreement […]