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EU-MERCOSUR FREE TRADE DEAL TAKES EFFECT: BRUSSELS WINS, PARIS LOSES
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A historic market opening for Argentine exporters after 25 years of waiting
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For Buenos Aires Times, May 1, 2026 is a historic day. After 25 years of intermittent negotiations, Argentina gains privileged access to the European market of 450 million consumers. Tariff reductions immediately apply to exports of beef, dairy products, Mendoza wines and Córdoba soybeans. The Milei government, which relaunched negotiations after years of stagnation under Kirchner, claims credit for this pro-market victory. Provisional entry into force — despite the European legal challenge — is seen as a guarantee that the deal will not be derailed by Paris's procedural objections.
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