MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 22nd 2019
-
Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 08:52 UTC
Brazil farm minister not satisfied with US promises of market opening for fresh beef
Brazil’s farm minister said that a U.S. agreement to conduct further inspections on the country’s meatpacking system is a step toward reopening the United States to fresh Brazilian beef, but is not sufficient.
-
Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 08:41 UTC
US threatens to pull out of IADB meeting in China if Guaidó's representative is not allowed to attend
The United States on Thursday threatened to pull out of the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in China next week if Beijing refuses to allow a representative of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to attend.
-
Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 08:34 UTC
Another Trump bombshell: US should back Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States should back Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967. The dramatic shift mirrors Trump’s decision in December 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move the U.S. Embassy to the city, which delighted Israel but infuriated Palestinians and many Arab political and religious leaders.
-
Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 08:29 UTC
What new WTO and OECD status would mean for Brazil
Brazil’s agreement with the United States to forgo special treatment by the World Trade Organization (WTO) would apply only to future negotiations within the multilateral trade body, Director General Roberto Azevedo said on Wednesday.
-
Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 08:22 UTC
South Georgia issues commemorative coins on Queen Victoria's bicentenary anniversary
The government and treasury of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands have issued on Thursday 21st March new crown coins and gold £4 pieces which are in celebration of the bicentenary anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria.
