Europeans Want Environmental Rules for Imports From Brazil and Emerging Countries
The European Union has cautioned that agricultural expansion is the greatest threat to forests and made it clear that it...
February 3, 2021Topic
European Union
Interview: Brazil Will Suffer Economically Unless it Cooperates in Environmental Area
One of the main allies of French president Emmanuel Macron on the environmental area, European deputy Pascal Canfin, 46, says...
February 1, 2021
France Rejects MERCOSUR Agreement without Anti-Deforestation Guarantee – Minister
The French government will not endorse the association agreement between the European Union and MERCOSUR unless it includes guarantees that...
January 30, 2021
EU Countries No Longer Recognise Guaidó as Venezuela’s Interim President
Venezuela's Juan Guaido is a "privileged interlocutor" but no longer considered interim president, European Union states said in a statement...
January 25, 2021
EU Chair Portugal Aims to Seal Mercosur Trade Deal
EU Chair Portugal Aims to Seal Mercosur Trade Deal. Mercosur EU ratification coverage and expert analysis from The Rio Times....
January 7, 2021
Mexico Calls for Cooperation Between Latin America, EU in Response to COVID-19
Mexico, the president pro tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), on Monday called for cooperation...
December 15, 2020
US Senators Call Amazon Fires a National Security Crisis
While the Trump Administration was silent about the thousands of acres burned, a group of US Senators are now seeking...
September 18, 2019
Brazil’s Agribusiness Fears Amazon Fires May Hurt Exports
Despite Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, apparently curving to global pressure and announcing stronger measures to combat fires currently burning in...
August 25, 2019
Brazil-U.S. Talks May Take Years Says Former Ambassador
Less than two months after announcing that a trade deal between Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) and the European...
August 9, 2019