Latin America
Israel Signs Free Trade Pact with Latin America's Mercosur Bloc
12/19/07 11:42 PM
Bloomberg.com
reported
on December
19, 2007 that Israel signed a free trade agreement with Latin
America's Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and
Uruguay), making it the first country outside of Latin America to
do so. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim stated that Mercosur
will sign several other agreements with countries such as South
Africa, India, and nations in the Persian Gulf.