Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The landmark agreement between the EU and Mercosur is of profound geopolitical significance since it allows both regions to better enable security in vital areas of general trade and importantly food systems, in the face of growing international confrontations such as that of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, or trade tensions between the US and China. It is in the interests of both Latin America and the EU to prevail and harmonise policies to support both the EU geopolitical and geo-economic vision, as well as Latin American opportunity for sustainably viable growth and improved well-being.

Speakers include:

- Oscar Guinea, Senior Economist at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
- Nelson Illescas, lawyer, consultant and Director at the Institute for International Agricultural Negotiations Foundation.
- Eugenio Mari, Chief Economist of Fundación Libertad y Progreso and Lecturer in International Economics UCEMA.

Moderator: Dr Maria Garcia, SL International Political Economy, Head of Department Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath.

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