Brazil

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil slashes tariffs to zero on imports of Covid-19 vaccines and related inputs

  

  Brazil slashed temporarily the import tax on COVID-19 vaccines and other products related to the fight of the new coronavirus. According to the resolution from the Ministry of Economy's Chamber of Foreign Trade, CAMEX, the objective is to “facilitate the fight against the pandemic”.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 09:18 UTC

  Egypt becomes one of the main suppliers of garlic to the Brazilian market

  

  Egypt has become one of the main suppliers of garlic to Brazil, with data this year showing that in the first eight months the product sales have already exceeded US$ 5 million, according to SECEX, Brazil's foreign trade secretariat.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazil keeps key interest rate at record low 2%; anticipates “forward guidance” instead of further cuts

  

  Brazil’s central bank kept its key interest rate at a record-low 2.00% on Wednesday, pledging to stimulate the coronavirus-hit economy with “forward guidance” rather than more rate cuts because of the risk to financial market stability that they could pose.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Eight EU countries urge “real action” from Brazil to combat deforestation

  

  A group of eight European countries urged Brazil to take “real action” to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, which is threatening Europe’s desire to source food and other products sustainably.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil's agribusiness exports in August reached US$ 8,9bn: China main client

  

  Brazil's agribusiness exports during August 2020, reached US$ 8.91 billion, an increase of 7.8% in relation to the same month in 2019 (US$ 8.26 billion). Between August 2019 and 2020, agribusiness product exports grew by 16.5% in absolute values.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  US curbs steel imports from Brazil and Mexico, boosting protection for US steelmakers

  

  President Donald Trump’s administration took new steps to curb steel imports from Brazil and Mexico, boosting protections for battered U.S. steelmakers and jobs in the election battleground states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Brazilian Army receives thirty armored tanks donated by United States

  

  The Brazilian Army has received a shipment of thirty armored tanks donated by the United States. The special operation was organized by Portos do Paraná together with representatives of the 5th Regional Military Command and Marcon Logística Portuária. The vehicles came from Galveston, Texas, to be used in training, combat, and defense.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  AstraZeneca Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine trials resume in Brazil

  

  Clinical trials for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University resumed in Brazil on Monday after the country’s health regulator got confirmation over the weekend that its British equivalent MHRA had approved the restart, a company representative said.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  Ecological disaster: fires destroying Brazil's wetlands suffering the worst drought in 47 years

  

  Fires are raging in the wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving behind a vast swath of charred ruins in a paradise of biodiversity. The enormous fires have destroyed nearly 12% of the world’s largest tropical wetland, partially reducing to ashes one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:11 UTC

  Lula charged with money laundering bribes from Odebrecht

  

  Prosecutors in Brazil's sprawling Car Wash corruption investigation on Monday charged former President Lula da Silva with money laundering, less than a year after the country's top court ordered him freed from jail while he appealed his conviction in another case.