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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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CurrentandFutureCooperationundertheEUMERCOSURAgreement 17 Dohatalks theEUofferedtocutitsfarmtariffsbymorethanhalf reduce domesticfarmsubsidiesby70percentandeliminateexportsubsidiesby2013 if othersofferedsomethingsimilar.Itshouldalsobekeptinmindthat: achangeinexchangeratesandglobaldynamicscanhaveabigger influencethanchangesintariffsandtariffquotas manyweakerdevelopingcountrieshavecometoseetheBrazilianrequest intheDoharoundoftotalliberalisationofagriculturaltradeasathreat totheirown lesscompetitiveproduction meanwhilewithrisingglobaldemandforagriculturalproducts therealissue willbewhetherallproducerstogethercandeliverenough nothowandhow mucheachofthemsubsidisesitsexports.Thus agricultureshouldhenceforth belessofastumblingblock. 2.犜犺犲犆狌狉狉犲狀狋犛狋犪狋犲狅犳犕犈犚犆犗犛犝犚 Asthefourthlargesteconomicgroupintheworld MERCOSURisthemost potentareainLatinAmerica.However itsintegrationprocesshasadvancedata snailspace.AsstatedintheEuropeanCommissionsRegionalStrategyPaper 200713:4 ), MERCOSURhassufferedfromalackofpoliticalinvolvementandchanging politicalpriorities resultingindisparateprojects...Thelistofincrementalstepsis impressive.However theeconomicintegrationprocessisstillfarfromcomplete andtradedisputesareendemic...Manyunilateraltrade measureshavebeen adoptedbyindividualmemberswithlittlepriorconsultationoftheothermembers leadingtoaperceivedsenseofdisillusionwithinthebloc despitetheaffinityamong themoderateleftwingpartiesinpowerinthreeofthefourMERCOSURstates. EuropeanCommissionsRegionalStrategyPaper:7 Some albeitlimited progresshasbeen madeinsettingupinstitutions suchasthe MERCOSUR Parliament the Technical Secretariatand the MERCOSURCoreper.KeydecisionsonaMERCOSURcustomsunioncontinue tobedelayed.Newinternaltradebarriershavebeenintroducedagainstother MERCOSUR members.MERCOSURisnotfunctioningasafullyfreetrade area asinternalbarriersarestillwidespread.Onlyasrecentlyas2010were MERCOSURmembersabletoagreeontheabolitionofthedoubletariffson importsfromthirdcountrieswhicharethenreexportedinsidethebloc.This wasdisappointing alsoforprogressinbiregionalnegotiations.Thusinternal criticism of MERCOSUR hasincreasedfurther sothatsomeclaim that MERCOSURhasfailed: ForParaguaysPresidentFernandoLugo MERCOSURcomesofage