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🎙️ Podcast: How the Mercosur-EU deal impacts Brazilian firms beyond exports
Mercosur-EU

🎙️ Podcast: How the Mercosur-EU deal impacts Brazilian firms beyond exports

From lowering regulatory and corruption risks, to fostering foreign direct investment and production chain integration, key advances are at stake

Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro
Isabela Cruz, +1
Jan 22, 2026
🏔️ Davos no-show
Mercosur-EU

🏔️ Davos no-show

Brazil’s president gives Davos a miss, again. Yet another delay to the EU-Mercosur deal. A bidding imbroglio at the Port of Santos.

Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro
Isabela Cruz, +1
Jan 22, 2026
🇪🇺 EU agreement is a big deal for Brazil
Mercosur-EU

🇪🇺 EU agreement is a big deal for Brazil

How the EU-Mercosur deal will affect economies on either side of the Atlantic. Lula savors his inflation victory. “The Secret Agent” makes Golden Globes history.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 12, 2026
🇪🇺 Failure loop
Guide to Brazil

🇪🇺 Failure loop

Thursday’s last-minute Italian reversal resulted in yet another delay to the trade deal between the two blocs, with January cited as the new deadline.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Dec 21, 2025
🚨 Back-to-back raids
Banco Master

🚨 Back-to-back raids

Raids in Congress over embezzlement cases. Another delay for the EU-Mercosur deal. Calls for a code of conduct for Supreme Court justices.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Dec 19, 2025
🌍🌡️ What are EU talking about?
Mercosur-EU

🌍🌡️ What are EU talking about?

European opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal has been declared in environmental terms, but are the arguments valid? Or do they stray into protectionism?

Gustavo Ribeiro
Euan Marshall
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Dec 18, 2025
🤯 EU-ltimatum
Mercosur-EU

🤯 EU-ltimatum

Lula makes a final push for the EU-Mercosur deal. Bolsonaro sentence-reduction bill makes its way through the Senate. Ozempic’s Brazil patent is running out.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Dec 18, 2025
🙄 It’s not me, it’s EU
Mercosur-EU

🙄 It’s not me, it’s EU

Yet another bump in the road for the EU-Mercosur trade deal. Lula and Bolsonaro are both happy with the latest polling. One more step toward tax reform.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Dec 17, 2025
🤑 Follow the pork
Mercosur-EU

🤑 Follow the pork

Budget earmarks probe closes in on former speaker Lira. The Bolsonaros lose their Trump card. We speak to the French ambassador in Brazil.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Dec 15, 2025
🦶 Bolsonaro arrested after violating ankle monitor
Mercosur-EU

🦶 Bolsonaro arrested after violating ankle monitor

Jair Bolsonaro was arrested after trying to remove his ankle monitor. Brazil celebrates more US tariff cuts. Final COP30 decision viewed as a dud.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Euan Marshall
Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro, +2
Nov 24, 2025
🚫 Too big to bail
Banco Master

🚫 Too big to bail

The Central Bank vetoes the BRB-Banco Master deal. The latest from the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. The Bolsonaro trial completes its second day.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Isabela Cruz
Letícia Arcoverde
Gustavo Ribeiro, +2
Sep 4, 2025
🏷️ Terrorist label?
Mercosur-EU

🏷️ Terrorist label?

A bill on terrorism poses a law-and-order test for President Lula. The EU and Mercosur continue their will-they-won’t-they relationship. An intra-BRICS payment system could be ready in September.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Aug 22, 2025
📈 Lula’s Trump bump
Mercosur-EU

📈 Lula’s Trump bump

Latest polls show Lula is gaining popularity by standing up to Trump. US launches investigation into alleged “unfair trade practices” by Brazil. In the Supreme Court, the IOF conciliation hearing ends without an agreement.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jul 16, 2025
💸 Supersalaries become super-headache
Mercosur-EU

💸 Supersalaries become super-headache

Who are receiving Brazil’s “supersalaries”? Brazil takes over the presidency of Mercosur. And Uruguay seeks to revisit old border disputes

Gustavo Ribeiro
Letícia Arcoverde
Gabriel Terra
Gustavo Ribeiro, +2
Jul 3, 2025
🤝 Mercosur to sign new trade deal
Mercosur-EU

🤝 Mercosur to sign new trade deal

While the free-trade agreement with the EU stalls, Mercosur finds a new partner. A massive hacker attack rocks the financial system. And the details of a new credit program for farmers

Gustavo Ribeiro
Ignacio Portes
Letícia Arcoverde
Gustavo Ribeiro, +2
Jul 2, 2025
🦁 In the lions’ den
Mercosur-EU

🦁 In the lions’ den

Marina Silva’s Senate grilling turns personal. Avian flu scares deepen in Brazil. And agricultural lobbies have beef with French retailers

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
May 28, 2025
🕵️ Neighborhood watch
Banco Master

🕵️ Neighborhood watch

Intelligence agent admits to spy operation against Paraguay. A public bank takes a risky gamble. And Brazil’s latest push for the Mercosur-EU trade deal

Gustavo Ribeiro
Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Apr 1, 2025
🧀 Brazilian heritage
Mercosur-EU

🧀 Brazilian heritage

Mercosur-EU deal on the verge of completion. Unesco recognizes Minas cheese. Mariana effects still felt in Espírito Santo

Gustavo Ribeiro
Euan Marshall
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Dec 6, 2024

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