Given US President Donald Trump's tariffs imposition spree that has already hit Mexico, Canada, and China, the European Union (EU) is considering retaliatory measures should these threats materialize. The European Commission is considering using the anti-circumvention instrument (ACI), which allows restrictions in response to coerci⁷ve trade actions by other countries.
Add your comment!The Brazilian Coffee Industry Association (ABIC) said it expects prices to continue rising in the coming weeks, at least until this year's harvest, which begins around April or May, due to recent adverse weather coupled with increasing global consumption boosted by exports to the newest customer: China.
Add your comment!The Panama Canal Authority Wednesday denied an earlier announcement by the U.S. State Department that ships flying its flag would pass through the iconic interoceanic waterway toll-free.
Add your comment!After pulling his country from the World Health Organization (WHO), Argentine President Javier Milei admitted Wednesday in an interview with a French outlet that he intended to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emmissions to preserve the planet's temperature from rising. The environmentalist agenda is a real fraud, said Milei, thus echoing similar recent statements from US President Donald Trump. To withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Law 27.270 would have to b e repealed by Congress.
Add your comment!Uruguay's Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up 1.1% last month and 5.05% interannually, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) said in a report released Wednesday in Montevideo. Wednesday's figures represented a slight improvement for President Luis Lacalle Pou's administration after recording 1.53% in January 2024 for a 5.09% yoy.
Add your comment!Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni announced Wednesday during his morning press briefing that his country would be following in on Donald Trump's steps and withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO), which entailed disbursements totaling around US$ 10 million annually.
Add your comment!Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that his US colleague Donald Trump's idea to take over the Gaza Strip made no sense. He also found the idea of relocating the local population to other countries hard to swallow. The Republican leader made these announcements Tuesday after meeting at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Add your comment!Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said Tuesday that the Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei would be declaring the Ancestral Mapuche Resistance (RAM) a terrorist group, in addition to other measures against lonko (leader) Facundo Jones-Huala, who claimed responsibility for the arson-caused wildfires in the Patagonian province of Chubut and urged his comrades to up the armed struggle because all those tools are valid for the liberation of our people. Jones-Huala also denied any involvement in the fire affecting El Bolsón in the province of Río Negro. Against landowners yes, but not against our environment, Jones Huala said earlier this week.
Add your comment!Paraguay's National Directorate of Tax Revenues (DNIT) announced Tuesday that collection last month far exceeded expectations after posting a 9.1% yoy improvement. A DNIT report mentioned raking in ₲ 3.19 trillion (around US$ 405 million), which represented US$ 33.9 million more than in the same month of 2024.
Add your comment!US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House that his country intends to seize control of the Gaza Strip and have the local population resettled elsewhere. The Republican leader said rebuilding the enclave was near impossible after it became a “demolition site” following Israel's retaliation for the Oct. 7, 2023, mass murders and abductions from the Gaza-based pro-Palestine terrorist group Hamas.
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