RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Luis Lacalle Pou spoke about the flexibilization of MERCOSUR and Uruguay's position opposing the lowering of the Common External Tariff (CET). "When the Common External Tariff is lowered by Brazil it is not lowered, and that was the main discussion, the rules of consensus," he said.
"MERCOSUR was created based on an operating method stating that 'its four parties must be in agreement or else we will not move forward.' Now this move by Brazil, later supported by other countries, there was no consensus. What does this mean? That the rule of consensus in . . .
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