Mercosur

• Mercosur

  Is a regional trade agreement (RTA) between five south American countries
• Five south American countries 


  Brazil

  Argentina

  Uruguay

  Venezuela

  Paraguay
• Mercosur founded in?

  1991
• Mercosur purpose?

  To encourage free trade and easy movement of goods, people and currency
• Mercosur population

  263 million
• Mercosur DGP

  US$2.42 TRILLION
• Mercosur is partly a response to South American concern about?

  Economic power of trade blocs
• Economic power trade bloc like?

  EU

  North American free trade area (NAFTA)
• 2004 Mercosur sign a cooperative agreement with south America

  The Andean Community
• Andean Community consist of

  Bolivia

  Chile

  Colombia

  Ecuador

  Peru