Transcript · Spanish → English
Importance of Mercosur Trade Agreements
And it is clear that our overdependencies are
a stumbling block to competitiveness. We have to get rid of our
overdependencies.
This is only possible through a network of free trade
agreements, and therefore Mercosur plays a central
role
in our trade agreements. It is potentially a
market of 700 million consumers,
like-minded countries that want free trade together in Mercosur.
So, it is of enormous importance that
we get the green light for Mercosur and that we can complete the signatures
for Mercosur.
Europe must open up to these trade
agreements, particularly with an area that is very
close to Spain
culturally, economically, historically, in every way, such as
Mercosur. And let us hope that we can reach that
agreement.
Of course, uh, on the part of the Spanish Government,
all the efforts we are
making are moving in that direction. I think it would be very
frustrating if Europe failed to reach an agreement with Mercosur, now that
we have managed to approve in the European Parliament those
safeguard clauses for the European agricultural sector and that,
uh, we have everything ready, as does the Mercosur presidency,
the government of
Brazil, which also has everything ready so that this
Saturday it can be ratified in
Europe's name, by the presidency of the European
Commission,
this important trade agreement.
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Original transcript (Spanish)
And here is, eh, clear that our overdependencies are stumble stone to competitiveness. We have to get rid of our overdependencies. This is only possible through a network of free trade agreement, and therefore Mercosur plays a central
role in our trade agreements. It is potentially a market of seven hundred million consumers, like-minded countries that want free trade together in Mercosur. So, eh, it is of enormous importance that
we get the green light for Mercosur and that we can complete the signatures for Mercosur. Europa, eh, debe, eh, abrirse a estos acuerdos comerciales, particularmente con una zona que es muy próxima a España
en el ámbito cultural, económico, histórico, de todo tipo, como es el Mercosur. Y esperemos que podamos llegar a ese acuerdo. Desde luego, eh, por parte del Gobierno de España, todos los esfuerzos que estamos
haciendo van en esa dirección. Creo que sería muy frustrante el que Europa no lograra un acuerdo con el Mercosur, una vez que ya hemos logrado aprobar en el Parlamento Europeo esas cláusulas de salvaguarda para el sector primario europeo y que, eh, tenemos todo preparado, que también la presidencia del Mercosur,
el gobierno de Brasil, ya lo tiene todo preparado para que este sábado se pueda ratificar en nombre de Europa, por parte de la presidencia de la Comisión Europea,
este importante acuerdo comercial.
