China is the largest market for soy and beef from Brazil, representing the majority of Brazil’s soy exports and roughly half of its beef exports. This trade relationship creates a powerful opportunity: aligning these supply chains with deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) standards could generate significant climate and biodiversity benefits at global scale while strengthening long-term supply security. 

To realize this, Brazil–China cooperation on soy and beef supply chains must move from fragmented compliance toward coordinated sustainability leadership. 

By adopting a shared technical reference grounded in Brazilian law and aligned with global DCF standards, both countries can reinforce trade, climate ambition and biodiversity protection — demonstrating that large-scale commodity trade and environmental responsibility can advance together.

Join WRI Global, Brasil and China for the launch of the Issue Brief “Tracing Responsibility: Strengthening Deforestation Monitoring in Brazil’s Soy and Beef Supply Chains” that explores challenges and possibilities to advance in sustainable commodity trade. 

Together, we will open an international conversation on monitoring systems for deforestation and sustainable supply chains as an opportunity in global markets trade. 

This event will be hosted in English, with translation to Portuguese and Mandarin