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EU-MERCOSUR FREE TRADE DEAL TAKES EFFECT: BRUSSELS WINS, PARIS LOSES
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A historic trade zone aligned with Nordic open-market interests
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The Local Sweden presents the EU-Mercosur deal as exactly the type of multilateral commercial integration Stockholm traditionally supports. Sweden's export-oriented economy (Volvo, IKEA, Ericsson) will benefit from new access to South American markets. Stockholm supported the deal in Council deliberations, aligning with Germany and Spain. In the context of the trade war with the United States, diversifying European commercial partners is seen as prudent and necessary by Swedish observers.
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