Argentina pushes India Mercosur trade pact expansion
Ambassador Mariano Caucino said on 24 August 2026 the India Mercosur agreement must grow beyond its limited scope. He stressed that any expansion must be negotiated jointly with all Mercosur members. The post Argentina pushes India Mercosur trade pact expansion appeared first on The Rio Times .
Argentina's ambassador to India, Mariano Caucino, has called for expanding the India-Mercosur preferential trade agreement to cover more products. The current pact includes only 450 tariff lines, which Caucino says is insufficient. Ambassadors from Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay have expressed consensus on working with India to expand the agreement.
Caucino stressed that any expansion must be a joint effort among all Mercosur members, not a bilateral deal with India alone. India's commerce secretary, Rajesh Agrawal, is in Argentina and Brazil from August 24 to 28, 2026, for trade talks, with the India-Mercosur pact expansion expected to be a key focus. The India-Mercosur agreement, in effect since June 2009, covers only 450 products, limiting its impact on trade flows.
Both sides are exploring ways to broaden the pact to include more goods, potentially benefiting Indian exporters.
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