Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil's central bank with new chief leaves rates unchanged; policy is determined “with caution and serenity”

  

  Brazil's interest rates remained unchanged on Wednesday after the central bank held its first monetary policy meeting under its new chief Roberto Campos Neto. The central bank's unanimous decision -- only the second since pro-business President Jair Bolsonaro took power in January on a promise to revive Latin America's biggest economy -- to keep rates at 6.5% was in line with market expectations.

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Bolsonaro wants trade to represent 30% of Brazil's GDP y 2022

  

  The Brazilian government wants trade to represent 30% of the country’s gross domestic product by the end of 2022, with one official saying on Wednesday it will get there on the back of President Jair Bolsonaro’s liberalization plans.

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  What new WTO and OECD status would mean for Brazil

  

  Brazil’s agreement with the United States to forgo special treatment by the World Trade Organization (WTO) would apply only to future negotiations within the multilateral trade body, Director General Roberto Azevedo said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 06:41 UTC

  Bolsonaro's aura and approval ratings rapidly fading

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's approval rating plunged in March, a poll showed Wednesday, after a series of political scandals tarnished his anti-corruption image.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  Trump and the “Trump of the tropics” exchange conservative praise

  

  United States president Donald Trump and Brazil’s new leader Jair Bolsonaro forged a bond over their shared brand of conservative and populist politics on Tuesday, with Trump pledging to give more U.S. support to Brazil’s global ambitions.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  US and Brazil agree to lower barriers to agricultural trade, mainly wheat and beef

  

  The United States and Brazil have agreed to steps aimed at lowering barriers to agricultural trade, focusing on wheat, pork and beef, the presidents of the two nations said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Brazilian stocks topped 100.000 points for the first time on the Bolsonaro syndrome

  

  Brazilian stocks topped 100,000 points for the first time Monday, on hopes for progress in President Jair Bolsonaro's promised pro-market reforms. The Ibovespa, the country's main index in Sao Paulo, hit an intra-day record of 100,037.69 before closing at its highest level ever of 99,993.93, up 0.86% from the previous trading session.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:36 UTC

  Two of kind meet this Tuesday in the White House full of reciprocal praise

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, on his first official visit to Washington, declared himself an unabashed admirer of the United States and said he was seeking a new era of close relations after what he called decades of anti-American leaders.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:32 UTC

  Brazil waives visa requirements for US, Canada, Australia and Japan visitors

  

  The Brazilian government on Monday waived visa requirements for visitors from the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan, a measure to boost tourism that was first temporarily adopted before the Rio Olympics in 2016.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:08 UTC

  Spanish and Swiss companies win rights to operate key Brazilian airport groups

  

  Spain’s Aena SME SA and Switzerland’s Flughafen Zuerich AG last Friday won the right to operate two key Brazilian airport groups, in one of the first tests of President Jair Bolsonaro’s ability to draw foreign investment.