China will continue to have a great appetite for Brazilian commodities despite the challenges of guaranteeing sustainability in meat and soybean production chains, according to Larissa Wachholz, head of the China Center at Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture. The Asian country’s “absolute priority,” she says, is to ensure its food security.
In excerpts from an interview with Diálogo Chino, Ms. Wachholz says that China is becoming more demanding in terms of sanitary requirements, but that it is not expected to impose sustainability clauses, such as enhanced traceability of meat produced in the Amazon. Such requirements, she says, could hinder the...
