Tag: trade tariffs

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazilian industry and unions request suspension of Mercosur talks on reducing the Common External Tariff

  

  The Brazilian Confederation of Industry, CNI and the IndustriALL-Brasil (which represents industry unions) have officially requested that in the next Mercosur meeting, scheduled for early this month, Brazilian representatives withdraw the proposal for a reduction of block trade tariffs with other countries. However, both institutions also backed the current flexibilization of current trade talks with third countries, such as South Korea.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 10:08 UTC

  US and UK in talks to seal a mini-deal to reduce trade tariffs

  

  The outgoing US administration is in talks with the UK to try to seal a mini-deal to reduce trade tariffs, Trump's trade chief has told the BBC. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he was hopeful for a deal that could see punitive tariffs on Scottish whisky lowered.