Mercosur, Canada resume free trade agreement negotiations
Mercosur and Canada continue free trade agreement talks this Friday (Oct. 10) in Brasília.
Chief negotiators and technical teams from Canada and the four Mercosur member countries (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay) are meeting at the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services (MDIC) headquarters in the country’s capital.
The resumption of dialogue follows Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Maninder Sidhu, visiting Brazil in August 2025, where he met with Vice President and MDIC Minister Geraldo Alckmin. On that occasion, both sides reaffirmed their interest in deepening economic dialogue and reactivating the negotiation agenda.
Topics under discussion include market access, trade facilitation, technical barriers, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, services and investments, intellectual property, and environmental issues.
According to the ministry, the move reflects Mercosur’s commitment to pursuing modern, balanced, and mutually beneficial trade agreements. The negotiations, the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services (MDIC) reported, follow the model of those already concluded with Singapore, the European Union (EU), and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - a group of non-EU countries comprising Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
