On 5 December 2024, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, travelled to Montevideo, Uruguay.

During this visit, Ursula von der Leyen and the heads of state of the four Latin American Mercosur countries announced that they had finalised negotiations on the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur. As a reminder, this agreement is intended to liberalise trade between the EU and five Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia). It was signed in 2019 but has not yet come into force. While several Member States are opposed to the current version of the agreement, discussions have continued on both sides of the Atlantic.

This video shows extracts from her visit at the port of Montevideo with representatives from the main EU companies operating.