Mercosur vill i sin tur inte ge EU: s industrivaror tullfritt tillträde eftersom särskilt Brasilien är högt utvecklat på den tunga industrins område. ###>Mercosur’ s fortunes have waxed and waned in recent years over the imbalances in trade between Argentina and Brazil in particular – a matter constantly under criticism from Argentina, which last September proposed to Brazil a safeguard clause to which Brazil refuses to agree.