Tag: Tereza Cristina Dias

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  China interested in more Brazilian meat and increasing investment

  

  China is planning to allow more Brazilian meat imports following high-level talks set for May, the Chinese ambassador to Brazil said on Monday. Yang Wanming declined to comment on how many meat processing plants could be approved to export to China but said the issue would be discussed when Brazil Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias travels to China in May.

• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Brazil farm minister not satisfied with US promises of market opening for fresh beef

  

  Brazil’s farm minister said that a U.S. agreement to conduct further inspections on the country’s meatpacking system is a step toward reopening the United States to fresh Brazilian beef, but is not sufficient.

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 07:59 UTC

  Brazil to discuss meat, sugar and ethanol trade with the United States

  

  Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said that she will discuss U.S.-Brazil trade in meat, sugar and ethanol in talks next week between officials of the two countries. Dias, who will travel with President Jair Bolsonaro to the United States, said one of her priorities is to reopen the U.S. market for Brazil’s fresh beef exports, which were suspended almost two years ago over safety concerns.

• Saturday, January 19th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Brazil plans a self-monitoring system for food processors, despite a non-encouraging record

  

  Brazil is moving toward a self-monitoring system for food processors, Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday, including meatpackers still recovering from an inspection scandal that hurt trade with key markets. Dias said in an interview that Brazil's new business-friendly government plans to send draft legislation on self-monitoring to Congress in the first half of this year.

• Thursday, January 17th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazilian supermodel rejects criticism from agriculture minister

  

  Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen on Wednesday rejected critiques by the country's farm minister that questioned her knowledge about Brazil's conservation efforts.

• Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Supermodel Gisele is a “bad Brazilian” claims Agriculture minister Dias

  

  Supermodel Gisele Bündchen is a “bad Brazilian” whose environmental activism has harmed the country’s image abroad, the nation’s new Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Monday.