Mercosur
The Southern Common Market is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Venezuela is a full member but has been suspended since 1 December 2016. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Suriname are associate countries.
Beyond's analysis on Mercosur
- — EU-Mercosur trade deal, 25 years in the making, faces its first substantive dispute as Germany seeks to close the gap with China and US via South American partnerships
- — Italian industrial districts, source of most of the country’s manufacturing trade surplus, are looking to Mercosur to counter tariff and Gulf pressures