Tag: trade
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last month Rio welcomed in the new Canadian Consul General, Mr. Sanjeev Chowdhury. With a busy three-year-term ahead of him, Chowdhury has ambitious plans to develop and...
By Samuel Elliott Novacich, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff spent last week in China promoting economic and strategic relations with Brazil. As her first state visit to China, Rousseff took the opportunity to demonstrate...
By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As cotton prices soar on the world market, the pressure is on in Brazil to maximize its position as the world’s fifth largest producer of the commodity. With a favorable...
By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - U.S. President, Barack Obama’s visit to Brazil last week helped put trade between the two nations back on the agenda. The two largest economies in the Western Hemisphere signed a trade...
By Nestor Bailly, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Early last week it was released that in March, U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Brazil on his first trip to South America. The announcement comes shortly after U.S. Secretary...
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil made headlines around the world with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's recent visit to Iran, during which Brazilian and Turkish leaders helped broker a nuclear deal with the country...
By Mark Beresford, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian exports to the US fell by 42 percent in 2009, to US$15.7 billion, with China replacing the US as Brazil’s top export market, with US$19.9 billion of exports, or...
By Marcela Canavarro, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - The emerging economies of BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India and China - have met at an official summit in an attempt to increase their influence in a world in transition. A...
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter
MOSCOW - On June 16th Russia hosted the first fully-fledged summit of the BRIC countries, an acronym for the world's fastest growing economies; Brasil, Russia, India, and China.
Aside from the current global economic crisis, the...