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Economy May, 17, 2021 0

Trade balance registers YTD surplus of US$ 23.04 billion, up 63.5%

The trade balance surplus continues growing at a high pace and reached US$ 23.04 billion in the second week of May. This represents a growth of 63.5% in the daily…
Economy May, 13, 2021 0

Global investors increase environmental pressure on Brazilian agribusiness companies

By 2023, several social indicators of leading Brazilian agribusiness companies will begin to be assessed by the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), an entity whose investors do not hesitate to scrutinize…
Economy May, 10, 2021 0

Argentina inflation to reach 47% in 2021

Argentina’s monthly inflation in April 2021 is expected to be around 3.8%, according to firms consulted by the Central Bank. Should projections hold true, inflation for 2021 would be around…
Economy May, 03, 2021 0

Argentine ambassador to Mercosul wants new tariffs to stimulate local production

Argentina’s ambassador to Mercosur, Mariano Kestelboim, said on Sunday that he favored “a new common external tariff that promotes productive development.” An economist and ambassador of the Latin American Integration…
Economy Apr, 27, 2021 0

Record-breaking Q1 container imports up more than 20%

Brazilian container imports and exports registered a record high in the first quarter of 2021. The March numbers were very strong. Thus, the record compared to the first quarter of…
Economy Apr, 26, 2021 0

US and Denmark to lead shipping decarbonization by 2050

Concluding the Joe Biden-led global climate summit last Friday, Jennifer Granholm, the US secretary of energy, announced plans for America to work with Denmark to develop technologies to decarbonise international…
Economy Apr, 22, 2021 0

Climate Summit: US unveils ambitious plans; Brazil promisses to go carbon neutral by 2050

US President Joe Biden has told a major summit that we are in a “decisive decade” for tackling climate change. The US has pledged to cut carbon emissions by 50-52%…
Economy Apr, 19, 2021 0

Braskem shares on the rise as sale generates interest

According to Valor sources, the sale of Braskem, which continues in the formal stage of contacting potential buyers, has attracted strong interest from other petrochemical groups and investment funds. The…
Economy Apr, 16, 2021 0

Hapag Lloyd large container order helps fight global box shortage

German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has placed an order for 150,000 twenty-foot equivalent containers amid the pandemic-fueled container crunch in Asia and around the world, as per our Chaos strikes global…
Economy Apr, 05, 2021 0

Brazil loses US$56.2 bi in South American trade over last 10 years

According to a survey by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), decreased participation in regional trade in the last decade has caused Brazil to lose US$ 56.2 billion in exports…