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BRAZIL’S LAVA JATO PROBE MUSHROOMS AND THREATENS FUTURE OF COUNTRY’S PRESIDENT
FOUR Brazilian presidents (including the incumbent), dozens of lawmakers, nearly all governors, mayors of major cities, members of the judicial system and of the press, have been tainted with corruption allegations by the sprawling Lava Jato probe. It has had global impact as one of the biggest scandals in history.…
EU TEXTILE INDUSTRY SAYS CUTTING BRAZILIAN IMPORT TARIFFS KEY TO BOOSTING TRADE
REDUCING Brazil’s excessive duty tariffs through renewed European Union (EU)-Brazil trade talks is essential to increase textile exports to the Latin American country, EURATEX (the European Apparel and Textile Federation) director general Francesco Marchi has told WTiN.com.
Decisions on tariffs are central to negotiations between the EU and Mercosur – the trading block of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay and Brazil (Venezuela was suspended from the group in December 2016).…
INDIA’S PERFUME MARKET EXPANDS AND DIVERSIFIES AS SEGMENT MATURES
INDIA’S perfumery market is expanding with fast growing demand, easier availability of top brands and greater choice of products across the price range. According to market researcher Euromonitor International, the country’s overall fragrance market registered annual sales of USD298 million in 2016 and is projected to grow at an annual rate of 13.7% in next five year as the country’s USD2 trillion economy continues to grow at more 7% annually.…
LAVA JATO PLEA BARGAIN DOCUMENT RELEASE RELEASES DELUGE OF NEW HIGH PROFILE CORRUPTION CASES
THE RELEASE of dozens of plea bargain testimonies from executives at Brazilian constructor Odebrecht have sparked a flood of high profile criminal investigations for illegal graft within the country’s sprawling ‘lava jato’ (car wash) corruption probe. The inquiries that started looking into shady dealing at the state-run oil major Petrobras may now have reached a climax, with judges opening investigations into eight government ministers, 12 governors, hundreds of public officials and lawmakers and all of the country’s five living former presidents.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – EFSA LAUNCHES SUGAR SAFETY STUDY
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a comprehensive study into the healthiness of consuming sugar, that could guidance telling consumers when to stop eating sugary foods, such as confectionery. An ad-hoc working group with expertise in dietary exposure, epidemiology, human nutrition, diet-related chronic diseases and dentistry will examine the issue, along with Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, which requested the work.…
INDIA’S PERFUME MARKET EXPANDS AND DIVERSIFIES AS SEGMENT MATURES
India’s perfumery market is expanding with fast growing demand, easier availability of top brands and greater choice of products across the price range. According to market researcher Euromonitor International, the country’s overall fragrance market registered annual sales of USD298 million in 2016 and is projected to grow at an annual rate of 13.7% in next five year as the country’s USD2 trillion economy continues to grow at more 7% annually.…
BRAZIL ENVOY SAYS PROBES INDICATE NO HEALTH RISK ASSOCIATED WITH BRAZILIAN MEAT CORRUPTION SCANDAL
THE BRAZILIAN government is taking urgent and comprehensive action to fight corruption and collusion between food inspectors and Brazil’s meat industry, an envoy to Brussels has told GlobalMeatNews.
The first secretary of the Brazilian mission to the European Union (EU), Henrique Choer Moraes, Moraes said that until now, technical analyses of the problem has not indicated risks to public health.…
BETTER TIMES AHEAD FOR BRAZIL’S TEXTILE SECTOR SAYS ABIT
IS the Brazilian textile sector finally seeing an end to the contraction in sales and production prompted by the country’s recession? According to figures released by industry association ABIT (Association Brasileira de Industria Textil e Confecçao), the tide is turning and better times are ahead. …
EU AUTO SUPPLIERS PUSH FOR FTA WITH MERCOSUR, BUT SOUTH AMERICAN PARTS MAKERS MAY RESIST
Europe’s auto suppliers are pushing the European Union (EU) work harder to secure a free trade deal with the Mercosur bloc to end tariff barriers restricting the current EU exports of vehicles and parts to its South American member countries.
At present this trade with the four founding members of Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay – is worth a mere USD8 billion.…
INTERPOL PROBE INDICATES ENDEMIC FRAUD ATTACKS ON BRAZIL MEAT SECTOR
INTERPOL is seeking international assistance in its own investigation into alleged frauds against the Brazilian poultry and pork industry, with a key industry association admitting the sector has been suffering from external attacks by fraudsters, GlobalMeatNews can reveal.
The international police agency has issued a ‘Purple Notice’ which means its 190 member countries are asked “to seek or provide information on modus operandi, objects, devices and concealment methods used by criminals”.…