External agenda of Mercosur

Abstract

Good afternoon, first of all, I want to thank the president of the ASI for having the initiative to host this forum, the rector of the Technological University for having been the father of the idea together with Lic. Gallardo de Hernández and all of you, good afternoon.
It's my third segment. Mercosur is a grouping of States, four States, that is inserted in the world, an obvious fact that explains that Mercosur has had to develop an agenda for its external relationship, to put things in context.
I start with some figures, inter-Mercosur trade until 1998, represented 22% of global trade, trade with the European Union is 28% somewhat higher than inter-Mercosur trade. With the United States there was a figure very similar to inter-Mercosur trade, which is 21%.
With the rest of Latin America, trade is 5%, with East Asian countries 9% and the rest of the world 15%. This makes us define ourselves as a group of countries with certain characteristics listed by the ambassador of Brazil, but inserted in a world with which we are closely linked, planning of activities cannot be carried out regardless of the world.