Economics

South American Bloc’s New Trade Appetite Has Suitors Calling

  • Uruguay Foreign Minister says several nations might seek talks
  • Mercosur bloc’s fastest members will set pace of trade agenda
Ernesto Talvi, Uruguay’s foreign minister, speaks during an interview in MontevideoPhotographer: Santiago Mazzarovich/Bloomberg
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Potential trade partners are pursuing South America’s commercial bloc after a sweeping deal with the European Union showed most of its members are open to business, according to Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi.