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Montevideo, May 6th 2024 - 10:19 UTC

Tag: China

  • Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 20:54 UTC

    Ecuador and Peru fighting a losing battle with China on giant squid fishing in the southeast Pacific

    The squid catch has increased: in the last five years alone, between 800,000 tons and 1.16 million tons have been caught. China has a declared fleet of 671 ships.

    Giant squid, squid or Dosidicus gigas, measures up to 3 meters in length and can reach 50 kilos in weight. It is one of the main species of the southeastern Pacific Ocean and at the same time it is one of the species with the greatest commercial pressure in the world. Thousands of tons are extracted every month, a large part, from the international waters located off the seas of Ecuador, Peru and Chile. The main player behind that voracious appetite is China: it has a declared fleet of 671 ships.

  • Monday, February 13th 2023 - 14:41 UTC

    Significant drop in prices China is prepared to pay for beef

    As a result, overall export sales grew by just 7%, against volumes 17% above, at US$ 851.2 million and 183.800 tons of fresh and processed product.

    China purchased much more beef in January than in the same month of 2022, but paid much less. In effect during most of the second half of 2022, China was prepared to pay up to US$ 6,200a ton of prime beef protein, but since last month it dropped drastically to US$ 4,800 the ton, forcing a renegotiation of volumes and having an impact on the overall industry.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Brazil concerned with the concentration of its foreign trade: few products and volumes mostly to China

    Among States that exported above the national average between 2012 and 2021 are: Rondônia (39.6%), Piauí (30.1%), Tocantins (26.2%), Amazonas (21.3%) and Acre (19 .8%).

    In the last ten years, up until 2021, Brazilian export to China grew at a greater rate that those to rest of the world. From 2012 to 2021, China’s importance as an export destination for the five regions in which Brazil is divided grew exponentially, and of the 27 federal states, 21 saw their sales to China grow above the expansion of their sales to the world. In the period, however, the export basket was negatively concentrated around a few primary products.

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Beijing admits balloon over Latin America is theirs

    Beijing said that shooting down their balloon over the Atlantic Ocean was overproportioned and promised to reserve the right to take the necessary measures

    As US defense forces are beginning to pick up the debris from the Chinese balloon downed during the weekend by the Air Force on President Joseph Biden's orders, the Asian country admitted a second such aircraft last spotted over Colombia belonged to them. Biden said Monday that the Pentagon was in contact with the Latin American countries through which the Chinese balloon passed. The Colombian Air Force reported that “an object” with “characteristics similar to those of a balloon” was detected and monitored “until it left the airspace.”

  • Sunday, February 5th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

    US shoots down Chinese spying balloon on Biden's orders

    An operation is now underway to collect the debris, according to reports

    The United States Air Force Saturday shot down a spying balloon belonging to China while it was flying over territorial waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Washington confirmed. At the time it was shot down, it was reported to be about 18 km above sea level and 11 km off the coast.

  • Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:50 UTC

    Alleged Chinese “spy” balloon causing further rift between Washington and Beijing

    Uncorroborated reports said Beijing had admitted owning the balloon but claimed it was a civilian aircraft “for research purposes, mainly meteorological”

    US authorities said they detected a Chinese spy balloon flying over Latin America in addition to the one already spotted over US airspace which has triggered further diplomatic discrepancies between Washington and Beijing.

  • Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    South Africa in naval drills with BRICS associates, Russia and China; Argentina waiting to join the block

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visited South Africa to hold talks with his counterpart Naledi Pandor

    South Africa confirmed plans to conduct joint naval drills with BRICS associates navies, Russia and China off its coast this month, from 17/27 February, next to the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    Argentine FM thanks Chinese colleague for support regarding Malvinas

    Cafiero also tanked his colleague for China's endorsement of Argentina's bid to join the BRICS

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday thanked his new Chinese colleague Qin Gang during a telephone conversation for the Asian Giant's support for the South American country's claim over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands. Qin Gang had become China's new Foreign Minister on Dec. 30, 2022. Both top diplomats concurred that a peaceful solution was needed for the South Atlantic dispute.

  • Monday, January 30th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    War between US and China to start in 2025, general foresees

    “I hope I'm wrong,” wrote General Minihan, whose opinion is not shared by his superiors

    US Air Force General Michael Minihan wrote in an internal memo that went public that he foresaw an armed confrontation with China by 2025, The Washington Post reported. “I hope I'm wrong,” Minihan said.

  • Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:58 UTC

    Lula in favor of Mercosur-China FTA

    “Despite the fact that Brazil is a great trade ally of China we want to talk about Mercosur discussing with our Chinese friends a Mercosur-China agreement,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Wednesday in Montevideo that he agreed to open up Mercosur and pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.