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Brazil is preparing to boost exports as the US faces a shortage of eggs due to the worst-ever outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Brazil is preparing to boost exports as the US faces a shortage of eggs due to the worst-ever outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Brazil’s government is mapping out sectors of the economy that could be affected by a trade war launched by US President Donald Trump as well as measures the South American nation can adopt in case of tariffs imposed by the US, Folha de S. Paulo reported.

Suppliers of fertilizers and pesticides in agricultural powerhouse Brazil are facing a harder time replenishing their inventories amid mounting liquidity constraints, according to Lavoro Ltd.

China is deepening ties with agriculture powerhouse Brazil, with a unit of the Asian nation’s largest food company set to open a new terminal in the port of Santos at the end of March.

South America’s top egg producer, fresh off a sale of a 50% stake in the company to meat producer JBS SA, said it is weighing a merger or acquisition to enter the US market.

Shares of JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat producer, climbed in Sao Paulo trading after the company made its first foray into the egg sector at a time when concern over the global spread of bird flu is buoying prices.

The world’s top beef exporter Brazil is in advanced talks to begin shipments to Japan, according to a major industry group, in a move that may hurt US sales to the Asian nation.

The world’s top meat producer JBS SA is considering cutting back production at some of its Brazilian plants as a spike in cattle prices weighs on meatpackers’ profits.

Brazilian meat producers are set to return to expansion mode after slashing debt as they seek to further capitalize on a surge in chicken profits.