Agência Brasil Brasília – This Monday Brazil will begin negotiations with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan regarding the opening of markets there for Brazilian meats. A trade mission led by the secretary of Animal and Plant Defense at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mação Tadano, with representatives of the beef, pork and poultry industry, will explain
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Agência Brasil Brasília – The present of the Permanent Assembly of Agricultural Chambers of France, Luc Guyaun, met yesterday (19) with the secretary of Agricultural Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Ivan Wedekin, to discuss the productivity of Brazilian agrobusiness. According to the secretary, the encounter can result in new business for Brazil. "The French
Agência Brasil Brasília – A Brazilian mission is in Russia, led by minister of Development, Luiz Fernando Furlan, for discussions on more Brazilian imports of chicken, pork and beef. According to Furlan, the quota system put in place last year by Russia could mean much lower sales of poultry and pork, especially, to the tune
Agência Brasil Brasília – The commissioner for Foreign Relations for the European Union, Christopher Patten, who is visiting Brazil, says that it is possible that a European Union – Mercosur trade agreement could be wrapped up by the end of this year. Patten added that some difficult trade questions remain to be worked out. As
Agência Brasil Recife – The State Agency for the Environment and Water Resources (CPRH) has provided Grupo Paulista Vibrapar a license to install a refinery in the Pernambuco state Suape Port and Industrial Complex, the second refinery in the Northeast. The first has been operating in Bahia. The initiative will make the generation of 600
Agência Brasil Mumbai – The World Social Forum (WSF) started officially on Friday (16) with an opening ceremony marked by harsh criticism to what was called the US imperialist project and the neoliberal policies it has imposed to the world. Aimed at by nine speakers, US foreign policy was held accountable both for the loss
Agência Brasil Mumbai – The World Social Forum (WSF) started officially on Friday (16) with an opening ceremony marked by harsh criticism to what was called the US imperialist project and the neoliberal policies it has imposed to the world. Aimed at by nine speakers, US foreign policy was held accountable both for the loss
Agência Brasil Brasília – In what is being described as the beginning of a new Brazilian industrial policy, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has ordered a 30% reduction in the Capital Goods Tax. That means the tax (IPI) will drop from 5% to 3.5%. The move is also in keeping with the tax reform
