For the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the United Arab Emirates to progress, online meetings are set to occur in July and August, as well as an in-person negotiation in September. Finalization and signing of the deal are scheduled to November, during the G20 summit in Rio.
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Oil giant netted USD 1 billion more than expected from a secondary share sale in response to demand from investors.
Real estate sales in June amounted to USD 298 million, with 285 transactions, and Al Dhaayen, Al Rayyan and Doha municipalities topping the most active transactions.
Central Bank expects inflation to fall below year-on-year 7% in the second half of 2024 and continue to gradually ease.
Mubadala Capital is the controlling company of ATG, which will manage the venture in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. Early trials are planned for later this year.
This is part of the previously approved program size of USD 1.2 billion to help the country face medium-term balance of payments problems.
First bloc to be auctioned this year will include port areas in the states of Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, and Rio Grande do Sul. Auction was postponed to August 21 following the loods in southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul.
The central bank bumped its 2024 economic growth forecast despite the historic floods in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul that caused a significant downturn.
São Paulo governor and secretaries are on a roadshow to the United States, United Kingdom, and Portugal to present to investors the model of public offering of stocks of local water utility Sabesp.
The financing is designed to help Egypt address short-term challenges such as spurring private sector growth and creating a greener growth trajectory.
The North African country’s exports soared by 9.8% year-on-year in the first five months of 2024 to reach USD 16.55 billion.
Since February, XP’s wholesale banking brand has conducted transactions between Brazil and the UAE using only real and dirham, negating the need for US dollar brokerage.
At the FII Priority, held in Rio de Janeiro by a Saudi Arabia’s institute, the Brazilian president spoke of the strong partnership between the two countries at BRICS and noted Brazil has plenty of stability to offer.
Brazilian oil company approved the resumption of operations of plant ANSA, which is located in southern state Paraná and has been mothballed since 2020. Fertilizer production became part of Petrobras’s 2024-2028 strategic guidelines.
