The Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) urged Argentina's government to revise the possibility of integrating Venezuela as a member of the Mercosur, "after the reiterating actions which have implied the nationalization of companies in Venezuela."

"The basic conditions for a country to be incorporated to the Mercosur include to accept the coordination of macroeconomic policies and the values of gradualism, flexibility and balance, key to regional integrity", the UIA's statment added.

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