Brazil, Argentina Seek to Bring Cuba Into Mercosur Trade Bloc
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Member nations of Mercosur will seek to boost economic and political ties with Cuba in a bid to make the communist island an associate member of the South American trade bloc.
Brazil’s Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, speaking to reporters at a summit of Mercosur leaders in Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, said that member states also agreed on a timeframe of 10 years to eliminate exceptions to the bloc’s common external tariff.