Increases in tariffs by the United States cause concern in Uruguay's agricultural sector

The representative of the Rural Federation on the National Meat Institute (Inac) Board, Joaquín Martinicorena, noted that since Donald Trump's announcements on April 2, the international market "has been changing and readjusting, and this situation with Brazil (USA's intention to increase tariffs by 50%) is a big blow to Mercosur". Interviewed on Valor Agregado radio show on Carve, Martinicorena indicated that there are two important points with this situation: the possibility that Brazil will redirect more meat to China, and the excellent relationship that Argentina has with the United States. "We must take into account that Brazil sends boneless meat under 30 months to China, a large part of Brazil's meat is a commodity. Argentina is in a romance, in a honeymoon with the United States," he expanded. The impositions on Brazil come with a political background. In this line, in recent days Uruguay participated in the BRICS as an invited country, and this "does not leave me calm, I ...