CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

USTR Updates Congress on U.S. Trade Negotiations

23 June 2020

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer recently updated Congress on on-going and potential U.S. trade negotiations. Among other things, he acknowledged that mainland China is not currently on pace to buy the amounts of U.S. agricultural and energy products that were agreed under the phase one trade agreement, due at least in part to the economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. More

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The Greater Bay Area: Boosting the ‘Bay’

13 May 2020

Havaianas, the 58-year-old footwear maker, which took flip-flops global, opened its first Hong Kong office in May last year. Now, after building up a worldwide reputation, which sees 240 million pairs of Havaianas sold in more than 100 countries each year, the Brazilian brand – owned by the Sao-Paulo-based footwear company, Alpargatas – is putting its best foot forward in a bid to make its rubber flip-flops a must-have lifestyle accessory throughout the Greater Bay Area. More

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Brazil Lowers Duties on Various Products

08 May 2020

Brazilian authorities have announced the addition of 349 items to a list of foreign capital goods and IT and telecom goods that benefit from duty-free treatment under the Ex-Tarifario regime. In addition, certain other products have been granted duty-free or reduced duty treatment. More

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Chile Implements Changes to Double Taxation Agreement with Mainland China

07 May 2020

Chile has formally implemented a protocol adopting certain modifications to the bi-lateral tax treaty currently in force between Chile and mainland China. More

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Brazil Lowers Duties on Various Products

14 April 2020

Brazil has announced the addition of 248 items to a list of foreign capital goods and IT and telecom goods that benefit from duty-free treatment under the Ex-Tarifario regime, down from 14 or 16 percent. Additionally, Brazil has made a number of changes to the list of auto parts that qualify for a duty exemption under the special import regime for such products. More

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Brazil Broadens List of Duty-Free Products Due to COVID-19

09 April 2020

The Brazilian government continues expand the list of medical and other products that will benefit from duty-free treatment through 30 September 2020 in an effort to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. More

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Update on Additional Latin American Actions to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

31 March 2020

Latin American countries continue to take trade-related actions in an effort to respond as effectively as possible to the COVID-19 pandemic. More

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Update on Latin American Actions to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

26 March 2020

Latin American countries have taken a number of trade-related actions in recent days and weeks in an effort to respond as effectively as possible to the COVID-19 pandemic. More

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Brazil Provides Duty-Free Treatment to Medical Products, Takes Other Actions in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

25 March 2020

Brazil has recently taken a number of actions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including duty-free treatment and expedited customs release procedures for a range of medical products. More

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Miscellaneous Latin American AD Actions on Mainland Chinese Products

25 March 2020

Topics: Argentina Suspends AD Duty Order on Plastic Syringes; Brazil Announces Schedule for AD Sunset Review on S-PVC Resins. More

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