Cabo Verde Deputy Secretary of State for the Maritime Economy Paulo Veiga says the Chinese-sponsored plan for the establishment of the São Vicente Special Maritime Economic Zone in his country will be completed and published in September, Expresso das Ilhas reports.

Official figures indicate that the value in renminbi of Chinese merchandise trade grew to 6.75 trillion yuan (US$1.07 trillion) in the first quarter of this year, 9.4 percent more than a year earlier, Xinhua reports.

Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries topped US$10.442 billion in the first month of 2018, an increase of 27.05 percent from a year earlier and a 6.20-percent increase from the previous month, according to data from China Customs.

Trade in merchandise between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries reached US$20.400 billion in the period from January to February 2018. It represented a 37.43 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from China Customs.

Representatives from the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), a body also known as Forum Macao, attended the opening ceremony of the 2018 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum and Exhibition (2018MIECF), held on April 12. The Forum Macao group also visited Forum Macao’s booth at the event.

The Brazilian government expects gross domestic product in Brazil to expand by 3 percent next year, Reuters reports.

Energias de Portugal SA (EDP) Chief Executive António Mexia has said the electricity company will invest in wind farms off the coasts of the United States, Lusa reports.

Angolan Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Teté António expects over 4.6 million tourists to visit his country in the next 10 years because the authorities have made it easier for visitors to enter the country, O País reports.

The Mozambican central bank has reduced its benchmark lending rate by 100 basis points to 18 percent, Reuters reports.

The Portuguese Finance Ministry forecasts that the government will have a fiscal surplus in 2020, its first for 25 years, CNBC reports.

The Portuguese cultural institute, Instituto Camões, and the Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) have struck an agreement on the training of teachers of Portuguese in the Asia-Pacific region, Lusa reports.

Official figures indicate that consumer prices in Brazil were 0.09 percent higher last month than the month before, rising at the slowest rate for nine months, Reuters reports.