I'm John Batchel with my good colleague, Ernest Arush, this is the New World Report.

We go immediately to Brazil because of the coffee harvest. Why? If you've noticed that coffee,

especially the best stuff, robust to come from Brazil, is very expensive, why they had a bad harvest,

and there's lots of competition, and there are now tariffs mentioned.

But it's good to hear that the robustest harvest is so bountiful.

They're still bringing it in.

Ernesto's traveled those coffee fields.

I've never had an opportunity to talk about

them. Agriculture in general is a great success for Brazil, especially because China's food does

not compare it to the food from the U.S. and Brazil. With the U.S. and China now tangled in a

competition that looks hostile, from the trade point of view, Brazil is the go-to player for China.

Is it a success?

Ernesto, there is a loaded question.

The Chinese market, Lula de Silva, has visited it more than twice, maybe three times over these last years.

The Chinese market is growing for Brazil.

Does that bring prosperity and stability, or is that upsetting to the society that one country

is now so dominating the marketplace?

Yes, John. Of course, you have a seed of good news there, which is the competitiveness of

Brazilian agribusiness, including coffee, of course. But the geopolitics of this is becoming

more and more complicated for Brazil. And it spells a problem for Brazilian producers and for

Brazilian agriculture sector.

In any kind of business, if you sell too much to one single customer,

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