Such is the combined value of 801 projects that are currently being tendered across the Gulf Cooperation Council. By the end of the year, awarded contracts will have reached USD 50.9 billion.
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The organization’s CEO, Michel Alaby, was scheduled to give the lecture on ‘How to negotiate with the Arab countries’ at the Federation of Industries of the State of Goiás (FIEG) on August 24. New date is yet to be set.
Survey by credit bureau Serasa Experian shows that the Brazilian economy grew 0.3% in the year’s Q2, a slower pace in comparison to Q1.
Extension course ‘Middle East and International Politics’ begins next Saturday morning (19) at the Pontifical Catholic University in São Paulo, covering current and past subjects.
The Arab country saw Gross Domestic Product growth outpace the 1% rate recorded in the first half of 2016.
Countries in the region accounted for 22% of total foreign sales for the Brazilian meat packer from July 2016 to June this year. Sales to Saudi Arabia were up 150% in the 12 months through June 2016.
Sales volume of the sector went up in June over May in Brazil, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). It was the third consecutive increase.
The logistics park in Dubai handled 27. 9 million worth of goods last year, with deals amounting to a combined USD 80.2 billion.
August’s second week registers USD 3.913 billion in exports and USD 3.04 billion in imports, according to the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC).
The UN Is accepting entries from students of pictures of subjects relating to its Sustainable Development Goals and the challenges that immigration and asylum entail. The deadline for entry is August 30.
From January to July, most returnees were internally displaced or had relocated to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. The UN believes this is not a durable solution.
Citizens from Brazil will be allowed free entry on arrival, valid for a 30-day period and extendable for an additional 30 days.
ECLAC forecasts a decline of 5% in the flow of foreign direct investments in 2017, after a drop of 7.9% in 2016. However, Brazil attracted more resources last year and in 2017’s first half.
Senators convened this Wednesday to establish the entity, presided over by senator Cristovam Buarque. The goal is to build ties between the countries’ legislative powers.
