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Trade Regulations Dec, 04, 2024 0

South American, EU negotiators race to close divisive trade deal

South America’s Mercosur trade bloc will meet in Uruguay on Thursday (Dec. 5) with the outside possibility the group could use the event to announce a long-delayed trade deal with…
Trade Regulations Dec, 04, 2024 0

EU Negotiators Reach Provisional Agreement to Delay Anti-Deforestation Law Implementation

Negotiators from the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional political agreement on Tuesday (December 3) to postpone the implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) until…
Trade Regulations Dec, 04, 2024 0

Chile and China Sign Protocols to Boost Fruit and Meat Exports

In a ceremony attended by Chilean Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren and China’s Minister of the General Administration of Customs, Yu Jianhua, the two countries signed protocols aimed at expanding…
Tereza Cristina agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) to increase competitiveness
Trade Regulations Dec, 03, 2024 0

“Sign it or bury it,” says former agriculture minister on EU-Mercosur deal

Key to finalizing the terms of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement in 2019 as then-minister of agriculture, Senator Tereza Cristina believes the deal must be signed now or abandoned in…
EU-Mercosur agreement / acordo UE-Mercosul
Trade Regulations Dec, 02, 2024 0

Why the EU-Mercosur deal angers French agribusiness

At the forefront of resistance to the European Union-Mercosur agreement, French agribusiness has been undergoing profound structural changes over the past few decades. These shifts include declining productivity, rising costs,…
Trade Regulations Nov, 29, 2024 0

Brazil and Chile Revise Rules of Origin to Boost Bilateral Trade

The Rules of Origin framework sets the standards that determine access to preferential tariffs for traded goods. These rules specify, for example, the maximum percentage of imported inputs a product…
Trade Regulations Nov, 27, 2024 0

Brazil’s Lula hopes for Mercosur-EU trade deal by year-end

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he hoped a trade deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur bloc would be finalized by the…
Economy Nov, 26, 2024 0

Trump Announces Tariff Hikes on Mexico, Canada, and China Over Drugs and Immigration

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Monday (25) plans to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, citing a need to halt what he described as an “invasion”…
Meat Nov, 25, 2024 0

Brazil, China close to signing pork offal export protocols

Brazil is close to finalising protocols for exporting pork offal and fish to China, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, in the wake of a historic…
imports of beef
Meat Nov, 22, 2024 0

French retail group expands boycott on Brazilian beef

The pressure from French retail chains to boycott Brazilian beef and products from Mercosur countries has intensified. The movement, initiated by Carrefour on Wednesday (20), was joined on Thursday by…