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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

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Trade in 2010 between Israel and the other countries that comprise Mercosur, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, reached $1.8 Argentina became the last of the South American Mercosur trade block of four to sign a free trade agreement with Israel.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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Brazilian President Luiz InĂ¡cio (Lula) da Silva gave Israeli President Shimon Peres his final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay). Israel is the first country outside South America to implement a free trade agreement with the bloc.

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