The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this Friday (9) that the signing of the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur should take place on January 17th.
The information was released by the head of the department, Pablo Quirno. According to the representative of Javier Milei’s government, the document will be formalized between the parties in Paraguay after approval from the European Council this afternoon.
“After more than 30 years of negotiations, we will sign a historic and most ambitious agreement between the two blocs on January 17th, in Paraguay,” Quirno wrote on his social media this Friday.
The Milei management representative celebrated the approval of the treaty by European countries, highlighting the opportunities for South American countries. “Argentina and the Mercosur countries will have preferential access to the EU, the third largest economy in the world, a market with millions of people, representing approximately 15% of global GDP,” he said, adding at the end of the publication that the measure will make Argentina more “prosperous”.
President Javier Milei republished his Foreign Minister’s message, classifying the European Union’s historic vote as yet another “good news.”
The Council of the European Union (EU) officially approved this Friday afternoon (9), by majority vote, the association agreement with Mercosur. The bloc will be represented by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the signing of the treaty.
The advancement of the trade treaty paves the way for the creation of the largest free trade zone in the world, made up of more than 720 million consumers.
