Brazil

Video: Brazilian GFN member featured in ‘Top Farmers’ series

Eduardo Sekita de OliveiraAugust 21, 2019

Eduardo Sekita, member of the Global Farmer Network, was one of a group of recently profiled in a web video series "Top Farmers" by Plant Project and Canal Rura...

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The U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade

Ross KorvesDecember 26, 2013

The U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) meeting in Beijing on December 19-20 was the main annual event for addressing bilateral trade issue...

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Azevedo Goes to Geneva

Dean KlecknerMay 23, 2013

With the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, it’s time to hope for a “Nixon goes to China” moment...

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Brazil’s Agricultural Subsidies

Ross KorvesMay 2, 2013

Brazil is considered a developing country, but has become an economic power as a major exporter and agri-food now accounts for 28 percent of GDP. Brazil’s Amba...

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Achieving Food Security

Ross KorvesDecember 20, 2012

With high commodity prices and droughts impacting crops in the U.S. and Russia in 2012, food importing countries are giving more consideration to food security....

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MERCOSUR Increases Tariffs on Industrial Products

Ross KorvesDecember 28, 2011

The four member countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay of MERCOSUR (Common Market of the South) have agreed to increase import tariffs to 35 percent...

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Brazil Approves Biotech Dry Beans

Ross KorvesSeptember 22, 2011

Brazil is the world’s second largest producer of biotech crops and the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety has just approved a biotech...

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U.S.-Brazil WTO Case Discussion Framework

Ross KorvesJune 25, 2010

The U.S. and Brazilian governments announced a framework for discussions related to a WTO case won by Brazil on trade-distorting U.S. export credit and cotton p...

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Changes in the USDA Export Credit Guarantee Program

Ross KorvesApril 23, 2010

When USTR Ron Kirk and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced in early April that the U.S. and Brazil had agreed to work toward a negotiated settlement over Brazi...

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Brazil Cotton Case Requires U.S. Leadership

Ross KorvesMarch 12, 2010

Eight years have gone by since Brazil filed its case at the WTO against the U.S. for not meeting its commitments on cotton programs and export subsidies, and si...

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Trade

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Technology

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