Brazil
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Trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres has repeated the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade's intention to possibly scrap a trade agreement between Brazil and Mexico,...
2012-02-03Industry
In line with the growing popularity of Chinese carmakers in the region, China's Lifan Industry has entered into a partnership with Uruguay-based Grupo Effa and made Brazil its base...
2012-01-24Industry
German truckmaker MAN's outperformance and continued domination in the Brazilian heavy commercial division (ie vehicles weighing more than 5 tonnes) bodes well for the company's overall...
2012-01-16Industry
After the expected 10% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in the Argentine parts segment in 2011, the country's auto parts trade group Afac expects the segment's growth in 2012 to slow down....
2011-12-23Industry
The increase in default rates on cars, motorcycles and trucks from 3.1% in October 2010 to 4.7% during the same month in 2011 (according to estimates from Banco do Brasil) and continued...
2011-12-21Industry
An imminent slowdown in Brazilian vehicle demand and a potential loss in exports due to the strengthening of the real are beginning to weigh on carmakers' minds. Total production grew...
2011-11-17Industry
British premium carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) could potentially set up a manufacturing plant in Brazil, the country's trade minister Fernando Pimentel has revealed. BMI believes...
2011-11-08Industry
MAN Latin America, the local division of German truck maker MAN, is looking to spend more than EUR400mn on expanding its production and research and development capacity in the region...
2011-10-25
