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The West and Iran are playing with fire. So turn to Brazil and Turkey for help. The West and Iran are playing a dangerous game. In the past ten days, Iran threatened to close...

South Africa and Brazil are now prepared to sign up to a roadmap, but other major countries are holding out. The EU has made a final appeal to large economies to sign up to a...

Mercosur trade talks to take place in Uruguay next week. The European Union and Mercosur, South America's main trading bloc, will seek to move closer to an association...

Trade commissioner critical of Argentina and Brazil. Karel De Gucht, the European commissioner for trade, has criticised Argentina and Brazil for introducing what he...

Rousseff calls on EU to pursue growth, not rely on austerity alone. The state of the global economy and the eurozone crisis dominated talks between Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's...

Brazil's president to meet Barroso and Van Rompuy. On her first tour of Europe since becoming president of Brazil in January, Dilma Rousseff will next week visit Belgium and...

A benign interest-rate environment and sustainable growth paths can no longer be assumed. The global economy's most striking feature nowadays is the magnitude and...

Lagarde says she will ensure that the fund represents the diversity of all members. Christine Lagarde, France's finance minister, who is the front-runner to become the next...

The EU may be doing more to protect its own forests, but, say campaigners, it is not doing enough to stop deforestation in other parts of the world. Environmentalists may...

Farmers in many member states unhappy at trade talks. The relaunch last May of EU trade negotiations with Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – displeased...

Appointment of female diplomats from Italy and Portugal seen as improving gender balance in EEAS. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has appointed Ana Paula...

Barroso and Van Rompuy travel to Brasilia meeting. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, will host a visit from José Manuel Barroso, the president of...

The Commission is, fortunately, taking a more realistic perspective on the challenges facing Europe's economy than it did a decade ago. The Lisbon Agenda, with its...

Raising the EU's emissions-reduction target to 30% should be part of a new, six-point plan for the EU in the wake of the Copenhagen summit. In her hearing before the...

The World Bank gives its view of Latin America's efforts to curb climate change and of what it needs. What happens at the global summit on climate change in Copenhagen is of...

Brazil's president wants developed economies to set deeper cuts for greenhouse gases. The Doha round of trade talks and prospects for a December deal on climate change...

Western Europe received the lion's share of foreign investment in 2008. Investors regard Europe as a relatively safe place to invest during the world's economic crisis,...

The boss of drugs giant Bayer is concerned about the future in Europe. It is a dangerous time for pharmaceutical companies, according to Arthur Higgins, chairman of the...

Despite the beef ban, Brazil is making efforts to meet European standards and has the potential to become a major partner to the EU. With a farmable area the size of Europe...

The EU must take advantage of Brazil's rise as an emerging global player and make it a partner in achieving international agreements. The EU-Brazil summit hosted by the...