https://www.scmp.com/rss/327731/feed Gustavo Oliveira is Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies of Swarthmore College. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Jair Bolsonaro took office on January 1 to serve as the 38th president of Brazil. His term will run until the end of 2022, when he will be eligible for re-election for another four years. This worries the Chinese government, since Bolsonaro campaigned on a virulently anti-China platform. Brazil is China’s largest commercial partner in Latin America, and China surpassed the US to become Brazil’s No 1 trade partner for the past decade. So there are many reasons to maintain good relations between... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2181854/china-needs-new-strategy-deal-brazils-new-right-wing-president?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2181854/china-needs-new-strategy-deal-brazils-new-right-wing-president?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jan 2019 05:45:45 +0000 Gustavo Oliveira Gustavo Oliveira The escalating threats between the United States and China are raising tensions to another level. US President Donald Trump’s proposed 10 per cent tariffs on an additional US$200 billion of imports from China set the bar above Beijing’s ability to retaliate with tit-for-tat tariffs, since China’s total imports from the US amount to only US$154 billion. So China is likely to impose restrictions on US investments and boycott US products. Boycotting US soybeans by turning to Brazil’s bumper harvest... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2152109/why-china-cant-count-brazil-fill-soybean-gap-its-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2152109/why-china-cant-count-brazil-fill-soybean-gap-its-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Jun 2018 10:54:35 +0000