Author: Mark Ament
Brazilian industry needs to prepare itself to do international research and needs to attract foreign projects for innovation in the country. This is one of the routes pointed out by the 2nd Brazilian Congress of Innovation in Industry, which took place this week in the industrial city of São Paulo. Industrial research is becoming international and Brazil may participate in this process.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chilean president Michelle Bachelet are going to sign today memorandums of understanding in the areas of science and technology, social security, biofuels, education and tourism. The signing is scheduled to take place at 12:15 pm, at La Moneda Palace, in Santiago (Chile), soon
Commercial representatives RCosta, from São Paulo, have just signed a chicken export contract with a Jordanian importer. Negotiations took place after the company got in contact with the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. Now they are negotiating with importers in the Emirates and Egypt.
A delegation of businessmen from the Bekaa Valley region is in São Paulo. Yesterday they visited Arab Brazilian Chamber and showed interest in exporting olive oil, pickles, jams, spices, wines, arak, vegetables, scents and fruit, and in importing bathroom metals and ceramics, canned food and meats.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) and another three international organizations are going to promote a global meeting on commodities between May 07 and 11 in Brazilian capital Brasília. The matters to be debated will include the "conundrum of greater demand, but lower profits" with regard
Isaura Daniel*isaura.daniel@anba.com.br São Paulo – The negotiation of the Doha Rounds, the global trade agreement that is being negotiated between developing and developed countries like the United States and Europe, should progress slowly, probably in 2008. This is the most probable scenery for the Doha Rounds, according to Renato Baumann, director at the Economic Commission
A delegation from the Arab country is in Brazil to visit potential suppliers for projects in the area of sugar and alcohol. They were brought by KEC, a trading company based in London that represents companies installed in Brazil, among them NG, Gevisa and Renk Zanini. For business to be closed, good financing conditions are essential.
Predilecta, a food industry from the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, wants to sell sweets, jams and chocolate drinks to supermarkets in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, countries to be visited at the end of May by a delegation organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
This statement was made to ANBA by the minister of Science and Technology, Sérgio Rezende, soon after the opening of a congress turned to industrial innovation. According to the minister, Brazil does not have very great interaction with the Arabs with regard to innovation, but this may change.
Historian Samira Adel Osman intends to publish a book about Lebanese immigrants who came to Brazil and returned to their origins. Their return to their homelands, the process of adaptation to the customs and the local education were the theme of her doctoral thesis at the University of São Paulo (USP).
Historian Samira Adel Osman intends to publish a book about Lebanese immigrants who came to Brazil and returned to their origins. Their return to their homelands, the process of adaptation to the customs and the local education were the theme of her doctoral thesis at the University of São Paulo (USP).
Both countries are part of a group of international researchers studying solutions to fight cydia pomonella, a pest that affects apple trees, among other fruit. The team, established some six years ago, shares experiences about the advance of research in the area. The first phase of the project was concluded in March.
