Following a meeting held on February 1, negotiators from Brazil and Argentina have announced that a Competitive Adaptation Mechanism (MAC) is to be established. The MAC system will work to prevent flooding of the Argentine market by Brazilian products and vice versa. The mechanism, which was proposed by Argentina as far back as 2004, will allow the application of safeguards in order to limit imports from a given industrial sector that may be negatively affecting companies in the country of destination. The quotas applied by either country may be enforced for a maximum of four years.

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