The Jan. 16 meeting between Presidents @mauriciomacri of #Argentina and Jair Bolsonaro of #Brazil will address Bolsonaro's call for lowering #Mercosur's common external tariffs, @Stratfor reports.https://goo.gl/A1p7nn
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The discussion will have broader implications, shedding light on whether Bolsonaro's preference for unilateral FTAs is Mercosur's road to perdition, or merely a feint designed to extract concessions on coordinated trade liberalization.
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The conversation will also give hints about the future of the #Mercosur-#EU free trade agreement negotiations, and about the bilateral dynamics between #Brazil and #Argentina, after Argentina's president skipped Bolsonaro's inauguration.
