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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 03 December 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 2 December Chile’s finance minister Ignacio Briones presented a US$5.5bn plan to try and reactivate the economy, which suffered its heaviest contraction for over two decades in October, according to the latest monthly economic activity index (Imacec) published shortly beforehand.... Read More
On 2 December, the government led by President Jair Bolsonaro stated that it is working to defend Brazilian trade interests while deepening bilateral relations after US President Donald Trump announced that he would re-impose tariffs on Brazilian and Argentine steel and aluminium exports.... Read More
* The foreign trade secretariat in Brazil’s economy ministry has presented its latest trade balance figures, according to which the country registered a trade surplus of US$3.428bn in November.... Read More
* Paraguay’s foreign minister, Antonio Rivas Palacio, has said that he expects Paraguay to close an automotive agreement with Brazil before it takes over the pro-tempore presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) trade bloc this week, at the heads of state summit to be held in Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil on 5 December.... Read More
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