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Brazil
04 June 2020

UNCTAD Expects Brazilian Exports to China to Hold Despite General Downward Trend
Acording to the United Nations Agency for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Brazil will be able to maintain its levels of exports to the world's second largest economy, but only if it able to avoid disruptions to its agricultural production.
Hong Kong
04 June 2020

Boosting Demand for Portuguese ‘Golden Visas’ from Hong Kong
Requests for information from Hong Kong residents soared after the announcement that Beijing would impose national security law in that territory, according to companies specializing in obtaining 'golden visas' in Portugal.
Brazil
03 June 2020

Brazil´s Vale to Keep Iron Ore Supply Levels to China in 2020
Vale, Brazil´s biggest mining group, will sell China this year a volume of iron ore equal to or greater than that of 2019, according to Marcello Spinelli, executive director of ferrous metals at the mining company. 
Brazil
01 June 2020

Brazil Mining Sector Not Making the Most of Australia-China Trade Tensions
In the mining sector, one of Brazil´s strongest, the South American country´s own problems are stopping it from gaining quota.
Angola
31 May 2020

China´s Trade With Brazil, Cabo Verde and Timor Leste Resists Pandemic
Chinese trade with Brazil resisted the Covid-19 pandemic in the first quarter of the year and even rose in the cases of Cabo Verde and Timor Leste. However, exchanges with the remaining Portuguese-Speaking Countries (PSC) did not resist the pandemic.
Brazil
29 May 2020

Brazilian Industry Calls for Measures to Compensate Import of Subsidized Chinese Products

 

A study by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) shows that Brazil imported USD5 billion in subsidized Chinese products in 2019, 14.1% of Brazilian imports from China last year. The body is calling for more “compensatory measures” do protect the Brazilian industry, such as import tariffs based on the percentage of the subsidy granted in other countries.

 

China is the main source of Brazilian

Brazil
29 May 2020

Brazil Picks New Representative for “BRICS Bank” and Names Brazil-China Council for Foreign Trade Position
Economist Roberto Fendt will be the new head of the Special Secretariat for Foreign Trade and International Affairs, of the Ministry of Economy, the Brazilian Government has announced Until now, Fendt has served as executive secretary of the Brazil-China Council.
China
25 May 2020

Portugal Should be “pragmatic” in Face of Possible US-China Escalation, top Portuguese Diplomat Warns
Former Portuguese Foreign Minister, Ambassador António Martins da Cruz warns that the current trade war between the US and China could be just the first stage of a more severe dispute, that evolves into a technological war, a political one and, at the last stage, a military dispute like the one during the height of the Cold War. Portugal, he warns, should have a "pragmatic approach" to the escalation.
Brazil
25 May 2020

Further Tensions in Brazil-China Relations in Wake of Covid-19
Brazil-China relations have been put to a further strain with the release by the Brazilian Supreme Court of a recording of a Government meeting where Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, says the Chinese Government should pay for a Marshall Plan to all countries that have been hit by Covid-19. China´s embassy in Brazil has avoided escalation.  
Timor-Leste
22 May 2020

Timor-Leste Moves to Improve Business Environment with Assistance from World Bank, Australia and Japan
The Timorese Government announced today that it has signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank group, to help the country improve its business environment.
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