Framing Analysis
Brazil’s Supreme Court upheld state laws that deny tax incentives to companies complying with the soy moratorium while affirming the pact’s constitutionality. Major grain traders had already withdrawn from the 2006 voluntary agreement in January after top producing states passed measures to revoke benefits. Brazil produces 171.5 million metric tons of soybeans annually, representing about 40 percent of global output with China as the primary export market.