Countries cut import duties to zero to facilitate the influx of foodstuffs, medicines and individual protection equipment, and forbid exports of goods considered essential during the crisis. Apex-Brazil covered the matter in an online conference and gave some examples.
Author: Isaura Daniel
Isaura Daniel
A journalist with a degree from Unisinos and experience in economy and finance, she has been responsible for international coverages and amassed eight journalism prizes.
Ibrahim Alzeben, Palestine ambassador to Brazil and dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil, believes a global shift towards cooperation will come once the pandemic is over. Arab diplomats in Brasília are in touch with one another online to keep tabs on the situation.
Despite the novel coronavirus, the Brazilian poultry company said it exports are ongoing. Beef company Marfrig said its units are operating normally. Minerva, whose activities include food services, put all workers on leave at some of its plants.
Given the need to halt face-to-face activities in order to help controlling coronavirus, the Arab Chamber will use the social media to mark the date in Brazil.
Brazilian Foreign Trade Association chair José Augusto de Castro expects food products to be the industry least impacted by coronavirus when it comes to exports, although there will be repercussions from plummeting prices and issues at seaports.
Marcel Weichert, a Brazilian that works as a pilot in Dubai, is the artists of the exhibition with photographs taken in the UAE, Myanmar and the US. The pictures, mostly faces, shows the human diversity.
The president of Brazilian Academy of Letters has been in at least nine Arab countries. The experiences, friendships and dialogues in the region have become literature in the hands of the author.
GoToBEY has packages to the Arab country for June and September including visits to their family’s hometown, leisure on the beach, cooking classes, and shopping trips to Syria.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber is expecting over 1,000 Arabs and Brazilians to attend the Brazil & Arab Countries Economic Forum on April 14 in São Paulo. Themed ‘The future is now,’ the event will cover Food Security, Business 4.0, Sustainable Development and Global Movements.
Diplomat Hermano Telles Ribeiro, who’s soon to take office at Brazil’s Embassy in Beirut, intends to push for completion of the free trade agreement.
An outbreak of H5N8 in a Saudi farm was made public this week. According to the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), this should not impact exports from Brazil, but sales can be increased if need be.
Ornamental stone trade show will run in February in Espírito Santo featuring an exhibitor from Egypt as well as buyers from Algeria, the UAE, Palestine and Jordan.
Imports of the product went up year-to-date through November. Consumers are becoming more exacting and some supermarkets are offering Arab brands.
Three Brazilian scholars organized the work with 33 analyses on the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement system. One of the organizers, Luciana M. de Oliveira Sá Pires lives in the UAE, where the book will be launched in 2020.
