Latin American Economy & Business - February 2015 (ISSN 1741-7430)

The immediate outlook for soybeans is of great importance to Argentina and Brazil, two of the world’s leading exporters. Both have strong reasons to need good export revenues this year. Argentina faces an economic crisis in an election year, while Brazil, where elections were held last year, is struggling to reduce its fiscal and current account deficits as a precondition for economic recovery.