![Mercosur Flag](/sites/default/files/news-2023/Mercosur_720x360.jpg)
Integration of Mercosur in the Global Economy
|
Policy Report
| News
More than twenty years after the beginning of negotiations, a new window of opportunity seems to have opened for the ratification of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur. For Mercosur, this comes at a crucial juncture in its integration process: the future of the South American trade bloc appears to be more uncertain than ever, with member states holding diverging views on Mercosur’s objectives. Thirty years after its foundation, the original goals of Mercosur’s integration process have been only partially achieved.