Trump-Milei Trade Move Threatens Mercosur Unity and EU Deal – Datamar News | 17/11/25

The Donald Trump administration has rolled out a new series of trade initiatives with ideologically aligned Latin American governments, including Javier Milei in Argentina, offering tariff reductions for local exports and prioritised access for U.S. goods and digital services. As a founding member of the Mercosur, Argentina’s unilateral concessions—such as eliminating import barriers for vehicles and chicken meat—pose a grave challenge to shared commitments with Brazil, particularly in the automotive sector, and risk fragmenting the bloc. The move not only jeopardises Mercosur’s internal cohesion, but also threatens to derail the long-anticipated trade deal between the bloc and the European Union by upsetting the delicate balance of interests guiding those negotiations. Link to Article