Economy

• Wednesday, July 6th 2016 - 04:40 UTC

  Macri pushes in Berlin for EU-Mercosur accord, but Merkel sides with France in the agriculture issue

  

  President Mauricio Macri met on Tuesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin with both leaders holding a press conference to address the current state of talks regarding a trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2016 - 04:25 UTC

  Mega agreement between Italy and Shanghai shipbuilders, and Carnival to develop China's cruise industry

  

  Fincantieri and the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), China’s largest shipbuilding conglomerate, have signed an agreement for the development of a joint venture aimed at developing and supporting the growth of the Chinese cruise industry, according to a statement.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2016 - 04:16 UTC

  Spain to analyze Brexit impact for employment in Gibraltar neighboring areas

  

  The central Spanish Government and regional authorities in Andalucia are taking an increasingly-close interest on the impact that a United Kingdom withdrawal from the EU could have on communities in the Campo de Gibraltar, neighbouring with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, and the region as a whole.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

  Temer calls for “national reunification” at a friendly agro-business forum

  

  Brazil's interim president, Michel Temer emphasized the role of agro-industry in the country's development and called for “national reunification” to guarantee jobs in the sector.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2016 - 07:31 UTC

  Brazil manages US$23.6bn trade surplus in the first half of the year

  

  Brazilian exports exceeded imports by US$23.6 billion in the first half of the year - a record for the period. In addition to the basic products, sales grew strongly with the sale of vehicles for Latin America. The data were released by the Ministry of Industry Trade and Services.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2016 - 07:21 UTC

  OECD-FAO forecasts agriculture prices will remain relatively flat overall in next decade

  

  The recent period of high agricultural commodity prices is most likely over, say the OECD and FAO in their latest 10-year Outlook. But the two organizations warn of the need to be vigilant as the probability of a major price swing remains high.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 10:18 UTC

  Brazilian unemployment reached a record 11.2% in the March/May quarter

  

  Brazil's jobless rate remained stuck at a record 11.2% at the end of May, the government statistics office reported. The rate for March through May was unchanged from the previous quarter, with 11.4 million people officially out of work, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said. A year ago, the jobless rate was 8.1%.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 10:05 UTC

  Czech president referendum proposal on EU and NATO, rattles Brussels

  

  The Czech government has no intention of holding any referendum on European Union or NATO membership, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's office said in a statement, a week after Britain's surprise vote to leave the bloc.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:56 UTC

  Exxon-Mobil-Hess confirm that off Guyana coast oil discovery is largest in two years

  

  ExxonMobil and its partner Hess Corp. have announced that the major discovery off the coast of Guyana, in the north of South America and bordering with Venezuela, is a discovery that is much larger than previously expected.

• Friday, July 1st 2016 - 08:45 UTC

  Pacific Alliance after stronger integration and closer links with the EU

  

  The presidents of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, the four member states of the Pacific Alliance, met on Thursday in the Chilean town of Puerto Varas to strengthen their economic integration in order to deal with the ravages of global finance. They also called for closer links with the European Union to bolster education for development.