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On 4 May 2010, the European Commission decided to relaunch trade negotiations with MERCOSUR. Following the resumption, the first round of negotiations was held in Buenos Aires from 29 June to 2 July 2010. The second round took place in Brussels from 11 to 15 October and the third round in Brasilia from 22 November to 07 December 2010. In February 2011, MERCOSUR and the EU met in Paraguay and Uruguay to advance their ongoing trade negotiations. The following rounds of negotiations took place in Brussels from 14 to 18 March 2011 and in Asunción, Paraguay, from 2 to 6 May 2011. Delegations from MERCOSUR and the European Union held working meetings from 4 to 8 July 2011 within the framework of the XXII Biregional Negotiating Committee (TNC). The XXIII Bi-Regional Negotiating Committee (BNC) was held from 7 to 11 November 2011.