Economy

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Argentina makes payment to Paris Club, loses reserves to cope with domestic demand of foreign currency

  

  Argentina Tuesday made a payment to the Paris Club which resulted in the country's reserves falling to the US $ 42,837 million, it was reported.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2021 - 07:39 UTC

  Chinese currency takes third place in global trade

  

  The Chinese yuan has taken third place among internationally-traded currencies in 2020, according to a Renmin University of China report released over the weekend, which also foresees it may continue to expand.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 17:50 UTC

  Brazil targets 300 million tons of grain for the 2024/25 harvest

  

  Brazil should collect more than 300 million tons of grain by the 2024/25 harvest, three seasons earlier than initially planned, according to new projections by the Ministry of Agriculture. The previous forecast was to reach the target in the 2027/28 cycle.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  “State of Hydric Emergency” decreed throughout Argentine provinces within the Parana river basin

  

  Argentina Sunday declared a “water emergency” due to the historic downspout in the Paraná river.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 05:08 UTC

  Ushuaia encouraged by a promising winter holidays season

  

  It's winter holidays in Argentina and the season is working out to be far better than expected for Ushuaia in the extreme south of the country, with August expectations also on the bright side.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 04:28 UTC

  European Central Bank confirms expansive monetary policy

  

  The European Central Bank confirmed its expansive monetary policy this week, in accordance with its recently reviewed inflation target and in a context of growing Covid 19 contagions that threaten recovery.

• Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  Paraguay Customs reach 'Zero Paper' deal to import vehicles and agricultural machinery

  

  Paraguay's National Customs Directorate (DNA) and the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) have reached an agreement whereby a Digital Nationalization Certificate was created to speed up the import of vehicles and agricultural machinery, it was announced Friday

• Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  New-technology fast Chinese train begins to roll

  

  A new Chinese-developed train, faster than any already in service in the Asian country has just rolled off the assembly line in Qingdao City, in the province of Shandong, it was announced this week.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  “The cancer of Brazil is corruption... democracy is solid rock”, outgoing US ambassador

  

  Outgoing United States ambassador before Brazil, Todd Chapman said in an interview with O Estado de Sao Paulo that the threat of not holding elections in 2022, as expressed by some top officials from the president Jair Bolsonaro administration is not a serious problem. “Democracy is a solid rock in Brazil, the cancer is corruption”.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  Falklands' fishery exports to EU: small window opens but much negotiations still ahead

  

  James Wallace, CEO Fortuna Ltd., made the following comments regarding the European Union Council Regulation referred to Falkland Islands fishery exports to the EU. We welcome the publication today of Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1203 as regards autonomous union tariffs for certain fishery products (ATQ).