Dossier
free-trade area
Coverage of free-trade area in the Nexus archive.
- Mercosur Opens Trade Talks With Japan, Eyeing a $7 Trillion Zone
Mercosur formally initiated economic-partnership talks with Japan on June 30 at a summit in Paraguay. A potential deal could establish a free-trade area encompassing 400 million people and a $7 trillion economic output. Preliminary discussions occurred in January and March before the official launch.