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Trade and climate: real efforts or greenwashing?

29.09.2023, Trade and investments

The election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as President of Brazil has revived the subject of the EFTA free trade agreement with Mercosur – but the climate-related promises could prove to be greenwashing.

Isolda Agazzi
Isolda Agazzi

Expert on trade and investment policy / Media relations French-speaking part of Switzerland

Trade and climate: real efforts or greenwashing?

A logger not far from indigenous land in the Amazon forest in the state of Rondonia, Brazil.
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