March 21, 2018 / 8:55 PM / a month ago

Brazil's Temer says Mercosur, EU 'a step away' from trade deal

Reuters Staff

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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Michel Temer said on Wednesday that Mercosur and the European Union were “a step away” from signing a free trade agreement.

Brazil's President Michel Temer gestures during a ceremony to announce the resumption of works of urban mobility in the city of Goiania, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Temer’s comment, made during an economic council meeting in Brasilia, came a day after several European officials attending a G20 summit in Buenos Aires said that significant obstacles remained to the long-delayed trade deal.

Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu

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