Tag: Marcos Troyjo

• Tuesday, March 17th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Several officials tested coronavirus positive after Trump/Bolsonaro meeting in Mar-a-Lago resort

  

  Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Marcos Troyjo, who was part of the Brazilian delegation that recently visited Florida, has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said in a statement on Monday.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina disputing the presidency of the Inter American Development Bank

  

  Brazil plans to push for its own candidate to lead the Inter-American Development Bank, vying with Argentina for the regional lender’s top job, as President Jair Bolsonaro seeks to capitalize on the political alliance with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil's Economy minister cancels trip to IMF assembly to ensure pension reform approval

  

  Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has canceled a trip to the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting (IMF) in Washington, to deal with his economic agenda, the ministry said on Wednesday, as the government’s pension reform plan winds its way through Congress.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Latin America's two largest economies begin talks on a free trade deal

  

  Brazil and Mexico have begun talks on a free trade deal, officials announced seeking to deepen commercial ties between the two largest economies in Latin America as trade tensions threaten to undermine global growth.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 07:52 UTC

  Brazilian trade secretary praises Bolsonaro for the Mercosur/EU trade deal

  

  Brazil's Foreign Trade Secretary Marcos Troyjo says that Jair Bolsonaro's government was decisive in pulling off the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union.

• 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.