Mercosur | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Mercosur


00:01:09 1 History
00:01:18 1.1 Founding
00:02:17 1.2 Memberships and suspensions
00:02:26 1.2.1 Suspension of Paraguay
00:03:37 1.2.2 Bolivian membership status
00:04:14 1.2.3 Suspension of Venezuela
00:05:21 2 Member states
00:07:33 3 Heads of state
00:07:42 4 Geography
00:08:24 5 Demographics
00:09:37 6 Merchandise trade
00:11:06 7 Structure
00:11:45 7.1 Common Market Council
00:12:36 7.2 Common Market Group
00:14:26 7.3 Administrative and socioeconomic
00:15:01 7.4 Work subgroups
00:16:31 7.5 Joint Parliamentary Committee
00:18:36 7.6 Trade Commission
00:21:09 8 International jurisdiction over contractual matters
00:22:21 8.1 Choice of jurisdiction
00:22:43 8.2 Agreement of choice
00:23:24 8.3 Subsidiary jurisdiction
00:25:53 8.4 Counterclaims
00:26:13 9 Educational integration
00:27:04 9.1 Regional technical commission
00:28:06 10 Free trade zones
00:28:59 10.1 Tariffs
00:29:45 10.2 Safeguards
00:30:09 10.3 Incentives
00:30:35 10.4 Creation
00:31:08 10.5 Manaus and Tierra del Fuego FTZs
00:31:36 11 Reciprocal promotion and protection
00:32:39 11.1 Investors
00:33:17 11.2 Investment
00:34:02 11.3 Freedom to invest
00:34:24 11.4 Tax
00:34:47 11.5 Exceptions
00:36:15 11.6 Expropriation and compensation
00:37:03 11.7 Transfers
00:37:38 12 Role and potential
00:39:56 13 FTA with third parties
00:41:09 14 Members
00:41:18 14.1 Full members
00:41:32 14.2 Suspended members
00:41:43 14.3 Associate countries
00:42:04 14.4 Observer countries
00:42:25 15 Passports gallery
00:42:35 16 See also



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SUMMARY
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Mercosur, officially Southern Common Market is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Venezuela is a full member but has been suspended since December 1, 2016. Associate countries are  Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname. Observer countries are New Zealand and Mexico.Mercosur's purpose is to promote free trade and the fluid movement of goods, people, and currency. It currently confines itself to a customs union, in which there is free intra-zone trade and a common trade policy between member countries. The official languages are Spanish, Portuguese, and Guarani. Since its foundation, Mercosur's functions have been updated, amended, and changed many times: it is now a full customs union and a trading bloc. Mercosur and the Andean Community of Nations are customs unions that are components of a continuing process of South American integration connected to the Union of South American Nations (USAN).