An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The country best known for samba and soybeans has quietly become the world’s largest ...

OPEC has raised its 2025 global economic growth forecast to 3.0%, supported by US trade agreements and stronger-than-expected performances in India, China, and Brazil. The ...

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he hoped China would quadruple its soybean orders from the US, adding that it ...

Trump’s sweeping tariffs have rattled global trade, pushed US inflation higher, hit jobs and sparked retaliation fears, ...

Brazil's largest exporting state, Paraná, shipped 152,100 tons in July, a 19.2% decrease compared to the same period last ...

The International Energy Agency says the world is heading straight into a record-breaking oil surplus in 2026, as global ...

Huge oil reserves believed to lie off the mouth of the Amazon have sparked a bitter debate in Brazil about its role in ...

Trump has held up a mirror to other countries and the reflection isn’t flattering. Thankfully, it’s not too late for the rest ...

India and China are working to repair their weakened economic ties, marking a change as Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

The United States and Brazil are entering this trade clash from fundamentally different positions. Brazil simply can't win.

U.S. soybean exporters risk missing out on billions of dollars worth of sales to China this year as trade talks drag on and ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that a proposal to regulate social media platforms in the ...