Mercosur tries to improve trade in South America by reducing tariffs among member countries.
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Argentina, Brazil, paraguay, and Uruguay
There is no such thing. There is however, a free trade agreement (FTA) between Mexico and the Mercosur (MERcado COmun del SUR - Southern Common Market), integrated by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.Mexico also has several FTAs with other South American countries such as Columbia, Bolivia and Chile.
To eliminate the trade barriers between member states and create a common market.
Brazil is a member of several economic organizations, such as MERCOSUR, UNASUR, the G8 +5, G20 and the Cairns Group. Its number of trading partners is in the hundreds, with 60% of exports mainly manufactured goods and semi-manufactured. The main trade partners of Brazil in 2008 were: Mercosur and Latin America (25.9% of trade), the European Union (23.4%), Asia (18.9%), United States (14.0%) and other (17.8%).
A regional trade agreement to promote the free trade of and movement of goods, people and currency. The RTA is between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
Mercosur was set up in March 1991 by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay under the Treaty of Asuncion. The 1994 Treaty of Ouro Preto gave the body a wider international status and formalised a customs union. Brazil and Argentina are Mercosur's economic giants. Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are associate members; they can join free-trade agreements but remain outside the bloc's customs union. Moves to include Chile as a full member were suspended after Santiago signed a free-trade deal with the US in 2002. Mercosur tariff policies regulate imports and exports and the bloc can arbitrate in trade disputes among its members. In the longer term, Mercosur aims to create a continent-wide free-trade area, and the creation of a Mercosur development bank has been mooted. from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5195834.stm more info on the above website
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MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market). Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru currently have associate member status.
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Mercado Comun del Sur ~ Southern Common Market. Latin American trade organization established in 1991.