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World News | PM Modi Departs for Brasilia After Attending BRICS Summit in Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for Brasilia on Monday night after attending the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. PM Modi is travelling to Brasilia for his State Visit to Brazil, where he will hold...

Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for July 10, 2025
Brazil’s financial markets are bracing for a highly volatile session today, driven by a critical domestic inflation report and a dense global economic calendar. Escalating trade tensions following U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of 50%...

India–Argentina agricultural ties: Toward an inclusive, resilient & sustainable future
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Argentina this week comes at a particularly significant time as the South American nation is undertaking major economic reforms somewhat similar to those India went through in the past.Prime Minister...
Brazil stocks slip, real rebounds after Trump's 50% tariff threat
By Marc Jones and Rodrigo Campos LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Brazil's stock market was dragged lower by its financial sector on Thursday while the real currency rebounded, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's shock move to slap 50% tariffs on...

PM Modi departs for Brasilia after attending BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for Brasilia on Monday night after attending the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. PM Modi is travelling to Brasilia for his State Visit to Brazil, where he will hold...

Prime Minister meets President of Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro
HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had a meeting with President of Uruguay on the sidelines of the expanded BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday (local time). The PM highlighted the recent positive developments in bilateral relations on...

Oil at the Center as U.S. and Brazil Edge Toward a Trade War
Brazil is preparing to defend its oil export sector as former U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports starting August 1. The move has escalated tensions between the two countries, with Brazilian President...

World News | PM Modi Arrives in Brasilia for State Visit After Attending BRICS Summit in Rio De Janeiro
Brasilia [Brazil], July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Brasilia on Monday evening (local time) for his State Visit to Brazil. Brazil's Minister of Defence, Jose Mucio Monteiro Filho, received him at the airport. PM Modi...

50% tariff & 'witch hunt' cry: Why Trump is going all-out against Brazil; is it beyond economics?
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump has imposed a steep 50 percent tariff on all Brazilian imports, triggering a diplomatic row with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who vowed to retaliate and warned against “tutelage.” The move marks a sharp...

Why is Trump lashing out at Brazil?
US President Donald Trump has announced a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian imports as he accused the country's leftist leadership of orchestrating a "witch hunt" against his right-wing ally, former leader Jair Bolsonaro. In a letter Wednesday to...

Trump's Brazil Threat Pushes E-Commerce Leader Lower
MercadoLibre (MELI) stock slipped in Thursday trading after President Donald Trump said he would place a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil. Brazil is the largest market for MercadoLibre, which operate an e-commerce platform and offers financial...

PM Modi arrives in Brasilia for State visit after attending BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro
Brasilia [Brazil], July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Brasilia on Monday evening (local time) for his State Visit to Brazil. Brazil's Minister of Defence, Jose Mucio Monteiro Filho, received him at the airport. PM Modi...

Hegseth orders surge in US battlefield drone production
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said he was cutting red tape to make it easier for the Pentagon to buy and develop small drones. Inexpensive and highly portable drones, often modified hobby craft, have emerged as one of this...

IN BRIEF: What Lavrov said after BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7. /TASS/. During their summit in Rio de Janeiro, members of the BRICS group of nations talked at length about Ukraine, with all parties involved gaining a greater understanding of the root causes of the conflict, Russian...

Brazil’s Gamble with Trump’s USA Ends in Costly Trade Clash
Lula’s Brazil was looking for trouble with Trump’s USA and got it. After months of rising tension, the United States announced a 50% tariff on all Brazilian imports, effective August 1. President Donald Trump linked the move directly to Brazil’s...

Brazil, Japan, Sri Lanka — 22 countries hit with Donald Trump’s ‘common sense’ tariffs up to 50% | Complete list
US President Donald Trump explained that the new tariff rates were based on “common sense” and trade imbalances, although this was inconsistent with what he wrote in his letter to Brazil, according to an AP report. He also admitted that he hadn’t...

PREVIEW: Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro set to welcome BRICS Summit participants
July 6 /TASS/. On July 6-7, 2025, one of the most populated Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, will host the 17th BRICS Summit, bringing together representatives from around 20 countries, including BRICS members, partner states, and invited...
Trump's tariff war with Brazil opens gate for Aussie beef
United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose a 50 per cent tariff on all imports from Brazil — a nation that is currently its number one supplier of beef. In a letter to Brazil's president, Mr Trump said the tariffs were "due...

BRICS at Rio de Janeiro: And What Next?
Popularly referred to as BRICS, the informal group of emerging-market economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), meeting in Rio de Janeiro, has outlined a new unprecedented multitude of goals to challenge unipolar system. In the...

Trump's Plan to Impose 50% Tariffs on Brazil Highlights Illegal and Harmful Nature of his Trade Policy
Brazilian flag. (NA) Earlier today, President Donald Trump announced he intends to impose 50% tariffs on imports from Brazil, citing that country's prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, for the latter's attempt to stage a coup to keep...