Luque, Paraguay, June 30, 2026 (AFP) - EU-Mercosur deal leaves 'bitter taste' for Paraguay leader

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2026-06-30

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena criticized the "bitter taste" left by the EU-Mercosur trade deal at a meeting between leaders of the South American trade bloc on Tuesday. The agreement to create one of the world's biggest free-trade zones was sealed in January after more than 25 years of intermittent negotiations. Comments made by Pena at a Mercosur leaders' summit on the outskirts of Asuncion suggest that Paraguay felt slighted by the accord'......

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