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Brazil agencies’ battle over Soy Moratorium intensifies

By Henrique Santiago ( September 10, 2025, 20:27 GMT | Comment) -- Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment and the country's competition watchdog have different interpretations of the Soy Moratorium, a voluntary agreement that prohibits traders from purchasing soybeans grown on land deforested in the Amazon after 2008. The environmental pact was initially suspended by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, but a court injunction later blocked the watchdog’s ruling.Brazil's Soy Moratorium agreement involving the purchase of sustainable soybeans in the Amazon rainforest has created a rift within key Brazilian institutions....

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