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Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO618, Mercosul - Sao Paulo Media Reaction

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08SAOPAULO618 2008-11-20 11:57 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0022
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0618 3251157
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 201157Z NOV 08
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8716
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 9872
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8924
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3209
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000618 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
SUBJECT: Mercosul - Sao Paulo Media Reaction 
 
Title- Today's Mercosul does not work 
 
Economic writer Rolf Kuntz comments in center-right O Estado de S. 
Paulo (11/20): "Suddenly, the major Doha Round negotiators sit at 
the table with a strong tendency to reach an agreement.  Naturally, 
some concessions from both sides will be missed, and none of them 
will be too heavy for Brazil...  At this moment, the favorable 
scenario to the conclusion of trade global negotiations is only a 
very optimistic hypothesis, but it cannot be considered a 
hallucination.... The problem would be less complicated if Mercosul 
were not, formally, a customs union, but only a free trade area. 
...If the pattern of behavior of the governments of the bloc is 
maintained, the four partners will continue to be impeded in signing 
major trade agreements.  All the integration of Mercosul up to now - 
and much more - would be possible in a free trade area.  It is time 
to seriously think about that." 
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