00457nam a2200085Ia 4500100002100000245005600021260000900077520026600086583001900352  aGratius, Susanne  aProspects of a new EU-MERCOSUR free trade agreement  c2000  aSuggests that in the short term probably not much progress will be made in the negotiations between the European Union and MERCOSUR for a free trade agreement.  Opines however, that the decision to begin bilateral negotiations is in itself a 'major achievement'  c2/27/01kJOY_D