What implications would an eventual FTA with China have for Uruguay's meat chain?

The president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, announced that the beginning of a path towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China, its main trading partner, which would represent benefits for the sale of the three main products it sells to the Asian country. , including beef. Although these are not preliminary negotiations but rather a show of will to start the talks, the announcement "was received with caution and concern" by some Mercosur member countries, such as Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, according to DW. For example, Argentina's Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, declared in recent days that Mercosur "negotiates as a bloc, not an individual country." (Read: Uruguay has become a major exporter of meat and livestock to China) “Uruguay can make a bilateral agreement with China outside of Mercosur or it can continue in Mercosur. Mercosur regulations are very clear, the agreements are made en bloc, not unilaterally, "he said, clarifying that there is still no ...