Invitation to conference "Países del MERCOSUR y su relación con mercados asiáticos" (MERCOSUR countries and their relation to Asian markets)

Timetable - 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Reception - 9.00-9.10 Presentation of the Seminar- Ignacio Bartesaghi (UCU Business School - Uruguay) - 9:10 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Situation of the MERCOSUR countries and their relation with Asian markets. Update of the agreements signed by the MERCOSUR and the current negotiation process - Juan Labraga (Director of the Commercial Policy Advice of the Ministry of Economy and Finances). - 09:45 a.m.to 10:45 a.m. – New plurilateral agreements and the challenges for the CPTPP region | Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and extension to new partners: effects in the short and long term - Pedro Moncarz - (Universidad de Córdoba - Argentina), Sebastián Villano (UdelaR - Uruguay). RCEP | Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the accession of new members - Ignacio Bartesaghi (UCU Business School - Uruguay). - 10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Coffee - 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. MERCOSUR and the Asian markets, Impact of an agreement between MERCOSUR and China - Renato Coelho Baumann (IPEA | Instituto de Investigación Económica Aplicada - Brasil). A gravitational and dynamic model to assess alternative free trade agreements for MERCOSUR: China, CPTPP | Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership - UE. Flavia Rovira Pharos - CINVE | Centro de Investigaciones Económicas - Uruguay. - 12:00 a.m. to -12:45 a.m. Round table. Moderated by: Marcel Vaillant (UdelaR, ACADECO | Academia Nacional de Economía | Uruguay) Isidoro Hodara (ACADECO | Academia Nacional de Economía | Uruguay) Marcos Soto (UCU Business School - Uruguay). Facundo Márquez (UEU | Unión de Exportadores del Uruguay). Huang Yazhong, Ambassador of China to Uruguay (China)