Tag: trade

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil terminates bilateral shipping agreements with Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has decided to terminate both bilateral maritime transport agreements with Argentina and Uruguay, it was announced.

• 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.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentina's trade with Brazil at its highest since 2018

  

  A report released Tuesday showed that Argentina's trade with neighbour Brazil has reached its highest level since 2018, exports reaching US $ 4.2 billion until May, 33% better than in the first five months of last year, but 6% lower than the same period of 2019.

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Maersk forecasts 3% world trade growth; regulations a challenge in Mercosur

  

  The shipping company Maersk expects world trade to grow by 3% or more in 2021. The company sees global trade recovering, but there is still a lot of uncertainty about the size of the impact of Covid-19 on the world economy in 2021. So it is implementing a global strategy that positions it for growth in several countries, including Mercosur members.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Thousands of US companies sue the Trump administration over tariffs on trade with China

  

  About 3,500 U.S. companies, including Tesla Inc, Ford Motor Co, Target Corp, Walgreen Co, and Home Depot have sued the Trump administration in the last two weeks over the imposition of tariffs on more than US$300 billion in Chinese-made goods.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  Ex Uber engineer sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing Google trade secrets

  

  A U.S. judge on Tuesday sentenced former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski to 18 months in prison for stealing a trade secret from Google related to self-driving cars months before becoming the head of Uber Technologies Inc’s (UBER.N) rival unit.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  Trump not interested “right now” on Phase 2 of trade negotiations with China

  

  United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday shut the door on Phase 2 trade negotiations with China, saying he does not want to talk to Beijing about trade because of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  EU ombudsman opened an inquiry into the EU/Mercosur sustainability impact assessment

  

  European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly has opened an inquiry into why the European Commission did not finalize an updated Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) before the conclusion of the Mercosur-EU trade agreement in June 2019.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  Trade development agreement between Venezuela and Turkey becomes effective August 21

  

  A new trade deal between Turkey and Venezuela, officially titled “Trade Development Agreement,” will enter into force on August 21, the Turkish T24 news website said on Saturday.

• Wednesday, July 1st 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  The most powerful EU member takes the rotating presidency of the block

  

  The European Union’s most powerful member, Germany, takes over the bloc’s rotating presidency as of Wednesday amid a raft of challenges — from COVID-19 and the economic devastation it has wrought, to Brexit, trade with China and tensions with the United States.