By Jake Spring
By Jake Spring
BRASILIA, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias mentioned on Thursday that the influence of coronavirus needs to be considered with calm and never blown out of proportion, amid rising concern that the illness outbreak in China might harm demand for commodities.
Dias additionally mentioned that Brazil can be affected by the latest U.S.-China commerce deal, nevertheless it “will not be that catastrophic” because the nation is looking for to broaden its agriculture exports into new nations and merchandise.
The minister mentioned that Brazil faces an orchestrated marketing campaign to painting its agriculture sector as a villain and referred to as efforts to dam the latest commerce deal between the European Union and the South American commerce bloc Mercosur “protectionism.”
The nation should work to reverse the inaccurate picture that Brazilian agriculture is dangerous for the setting and someway of a decrease high quality than European merchandise, Dias mentioned.
A raft of European…