Industry organization Abimde partnered up with the Arab Chamber for a webinar on Thursday (16) to discuss Brazil’s participation in an industry show next December in Cairo. The meeting was joined by Brazilian and Egyptian officials, as well as representatives from other industry groups.
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The global security consulting firm based in Brazil is looking to ensure safe operations for Brazilian businesses exporting goods to Arab countries. Its services include force majeure situations such as natural disasters and pandemics.
Brazil supplies grains to and imports fertilizer from the Middle East. This ensures smooth logistics when it comes to bulk shipping. Container shipping is a different beast, and problems arose as soon as the pandemic broke out.
Next Wednesday (15) will see the Arab Chamber host an online conference organized by its women’s committee, which will be launched on the occasion. Female executives from Brazil, Egypt and Saudi Arabia will be featured.
The institution will launch the initiative next Wednesday (15) in virtual meeting. The group is designed to build rapport between Brazilian and Arab women.
Manufacturing hand sanitizers for the domestic market has helped many cosmetic industries survive the pandemic. Now that the government lifted the export ban, they also plan on meeting foreign demands.
Analysis carried out by lawyers Fábio Amaral Figueira and Mostafa Elfar shows how foreign investment fits in the Vision 2030 strategy of Saudi Arabia to diversify its economy and reduce oil dependence.
Arab Chamber will host an online conference on export security. Lawyers and representatives of banks from Brazil and the Arab countries will talk about due diligence and bank payment in international purchases and sales.
Face coverings will be worn by healthcare professionals in units of the Federation of Santa Casa and Beneficent Hospitals of the State of São Paulo.
The organization will have its anniversary on July 2, 2020. To mark the occasion, it will release on July 22 the first-ever specific research into Arab immigration to Brazil.
The federal government has waived special license requirements for foreign sales of hand sanitizer. A decree has also created exceptions on a ban on exports of PPE, mechanical ventilators, hospital beds and vital signs monitors.
Arab Chamber president Rubens Hannun discussed the issue in the São Paulo Development Forum that ran online on Tuesday (30).
In a phone interview with ANBA, former Brazilian FM and current ambassador to Cairo, Antonio Patriota, talked about Egypt’s good economic outlook, despite the difficulties faced in the pandemic. Relations with Brazil are mature and stable, he says.
Speakers in a webinar hosted by the Arab Chamber this Wednesday (24) said that diplomatic relations have grown more important during the pandemic. A Brazilian Foreign Ministry official discussed ongoing talks with Arab countries.
