Brazil’s Industry and Commerce Minister Jose Botafago Gonclaves this week criticised the EU and US…

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Series Details 15/10/98, Volume 4, Number 37
Publication Date 15/10/1998
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Date: 15/10/1998

...for what he claimed was excessive protectionism in their international trade policies, and vowed that his government would do all it could to get a fair deal for its exports. “We will not get into protectionism and we will not close up our economy,” he said. But the minister warned that he would take other action, raising the possibility that Brazil could launch proceedings in the World Trade Organisation.

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