EU and Mercosur countries sign landmark free trade deal
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-and-mercosur-countries-sign-landmark-free-trade-deal/a-75545794
#HackerNews #EU #Mercosur #FreeTrade #Deal #TradeAgreement #InternationalRelations #EconomicGrowth
Almost as if in answer to the new #Trump #tariffs on fmr #US #allies opposing his attempts at a #HostileTakeover of #Greenland [except this has been long in the making]…
#EU & #Mercosur bloc of #SouthAmerica nations sign landmark #FreeTrade agreement
#geopolitics #trade #economy #inflation #Europe #NewWorldOrder
https://apnews.com/article/mercosur-european-union-trade-agreement-south-america-b779460da4b7ecb6aa15d322976fa70d?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-17-Breaking+News
Kevin Carson
boosted
#EuropeanUnion Agrees to Landmark #FreeTrade Deal With #SouthAmerica
The agreement with #Argentina, #Brazil, #Paraguay & #Uruguay represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the #UnitedStates turning to coercion & #force in its dealings with other countries.
#geopolitics #GlobalEconomy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/business/economy/european-union-mercosur-trade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#EuropeanUnion Agrees to Landmark #FreeTrade Deal With #SouthAmerica
The agreement with #Argentina, #Brazil, #Paraguay & #Uruguay represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the #UnitedStates turning to coercion & #force in its dealings with other countries.
#geopolitics #GlobalEconomy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/business/economy/european-union-mercosur-trade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
"In this book, Sidney Dekker sets out to identify the market mechanisms that explain how less government paradoxically leads to greater compliance burdens. This book gives shape and substance to a suspicion that has become widespread among workers in almost every industry: we have to follow more rules than ever-and still, things can go spectacularly wrong."
https://sidneydekker.com/compliance-capitalism
#HatTip to @dtauvdiodr for the reference.
#FreeTrade #FreeMarkets #neoliberalism #corporatism #SidneyDekker
As the U.S. pulls back, China claims to defend free trade and multilateralism but hasn’t matched its words with real action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/11/world/china-a-defender-of-free-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #freetrade #chineseeconomy #useconomy #globaleconomy #geoeconomicbriefing