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

Reuters

Published Mar 21, 2018 04:53PM ET

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

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.

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.