Celso Amorim was in Tunis yesterday. Among the themes discussed were participation of Vale in tenders for exploration of phosphates in the country and the Elloumi factory in Brazil.
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Celso Amorim should be in the country for the third time and has meetings with the prime minister, the ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence and with the president of the African Development Bank.
Brasília – Brazil will soon have a list of sanctions against the United States because of the subsidies granted to cotton farmers in the country. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has awarded Brazil the right to impose trade retaliation, acknowledging that the United States is overly protectionist. The Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim,
The government has asked the WTO to analyse the United States surcharges on Brazilian orange juice. The Foreign Office contests the calculations made by US authorities.
Diplomat Roberto Abdalla will take charge of the Brazilian embassy in Kuwait in October. One of his objectives will be to attract Kuwaiti investment into Brazil. His grandparents were Lebanese.
Yesterday, the president received the Egyptian minister of Foreign Relations, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, in Brasília. They discussed the importance of business missions and the two countries’ trade potential.
President Lula’s term in office ends on December 31st, 2010. He said he plans to launch a new Growth Acceleration Program, for his successor not to have to ‘start from scratch’.
Foreign minister Celso Amorim said yesterday that there is strong interest in Brazilian participation in the Middle East peace process. He spoke at a seminar on the subject, in Rio.
The country needs to attract funds into infrastructure. Deputy prime minister Abdullah Dardari told Chamber president Salim Schahin that the presence of Brazilian companies would be appreciated.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber president, Salim Schahin, requested for the Federation of Chambers of Commerce to quickly identify the sectors with the strongest demand for products and investment.
The country wants to develop its agricultural sector and Brazil may help. This was one of the conclusions of a meeting between Syrian prime minister Mohammad Otri and Chamber president Salim Schahin.
The Colombian vice president, Francisco Santos Calderón, believes that the moment has come for his country to explore cooperation with the Arab world and tap into the existing potential.
Chamber president Salim Schahin met with foreign minister Celso Amorim, in Brasília, to discuss the enhancement of cooperation between the organizations, which dates back several years.
One of the main challenges facing the new Brazilian ambassador to Algiers, Henrique Sardinha Pinto, will be to even the trade balance, which is traditionally unfavourable to Brazil.
