(EU) and the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)? - FDCL
(EU) and the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)? - FDCL
(EU) and the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)? - FDCL
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The largest trade balance deficits on <strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong> <strong>MERCOSUR</strong> are realized in <strong>the</strong><br />
services sector; <strong>the</strong> <strong>EU</strong> shows <strong>the</strong> respective surplus:<br />
<strong>EU</strong> TRADE IN SERVICES WITH <strong>MERCOSUR</strong><br />
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Source: DG Trade: http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/doclib/html/111832.htm<br />
European foreign trade with <strong>MERCOSUR</strong> is apparently still a good business for<br />
European corporations, even if pr<strong>of</strong>its, as a result <strong>of</strong> crisis situations in <strong>MERCOSUR</strong>,<br />
e.g., in Argentina in 2001/2 due to <strong>the</strong> rapid devaluation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Peso, are not always<br />
as high as expected.<br />
The U.S.A. lags behind <strong>the</strong> <strong>EU</strong> in <strong>MERCOSUR</strong>, both in <strong>the</strong> area <strong>of</strong> foreign trade,<br />
as well as with respect to FDI. Even if in absolute numbers <strong>the</strong> U.S. is still <strong>the</strong> largest<br />
direct investing country, <strong>the</strong> combined numbers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>EU</strong> countries’ investment<br />
account for <strong>the</strong> largest share <strong>of</strong> FDI in <strong>MERCOSUR</strong> amounting to 60% <strong>of</strong> foreign<br />
capital inflows.<br />
European FDI-Flows (<strong>the</strong> sum <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> capital invested over one year) to MERCO-<br />
SUR amounted to 28.9 billion Euros in 1999, 25 billion Euros in 2000 <strong>and</strong> 16.4 billion<br />
Euros in 2001. The European FDI-Stock (sum <strong>of</strong> all realized investments) in MERCO-<br />
SUR increased from 89.1 billion Euros in 1999 to 115.4 billion Euros in 2000, finally<br />
reaching 131.8 Euros in 2001:<br />
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