Brazil sets up task force to present statement to China on beef

A task force was set up by the Brazilian federal government to prepare a formal statement to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. The initiative comes after the Asian country announced last Friday (27) that it would open investigations into the beef it imports. According to information from CNN columnist Caio Junqueira, confirmed by Canal Rural, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), together with Itamaraty and the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce (MDIC), began discussing the preparation of the document, whose deadline for submission is 20 days, starting this Monday (30). Thus, the idea is to demonstrate that Brazilian exports did not cause any harm to the local Chinese industry between 2019 and the first half of 2024, the period targeted by the Chinese government's investigation and which covers all nations that supply it with animal protein. The investigation is expected to last eight months and could, in the worst case scenario, seriously affect Brazilian ...