Agência Brasil* Brasília – The World Economic Forum, to begin today (24), in Davos, Switzerland, will include a parallel agenda to discuss World Trade Organization (WTO) topics. According to the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, Rudolf Baerfuss, there will be an informal ministerial meting to try to unbar WTO negotiations. "This informal ministerial meeting is an
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During the meeting with Syrian Information minister Mohsen Bilal, the Brazilian president spoke about his interest in promotion of trade between both countries and about the importance of proceeding with the decisions of the Summit of South American – Arab Countries.
This is the opinion of Mohamed Obaid Al-Mazrooei, undersecretary general for Economic Affairs at the Gulf Cooperation Council, who participated in the Mercosur Summit, in Rio de Janeiro. In an exclusive interview to ANBA, he said that the treaty to be signed between both blocs should provide further security to investors and also incentives in other areas, like tourism.
The opinion about the Summit, held in the southeastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, was expressed by the Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim. According to Amorim, differences aside, the member countries agree on the main point, which is the regional integration based on social justice and economic development.
This statement was made yesterday by the undersecretary general for Economic Affairs at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Mohamed Obaid Al-Mazrooei, who is in the southeastern Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro, participating in the Mercosur Summit. Al-Mazrooei and the foreign ministers of South American countries signed a declaration about the progress of negotiations for the free trade agreement between both blocs.
Alexandre Rocha, special envoy* Rio de Janeiro – Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez said today (18) that talks with Brazil regarding the so-called Gas Pipeline of the South are advancing. "The presidents of PDVSA and Petrobras (respectively the Venezuelan and Brazilian national oil companies) have advanced significantly in the matter of bringing gas from Venezuela down,
The Brazilian Foreign Minister opened this morning the 32nd Meeting of the Council of the Common Market, the first activity of the Mercosur Summit. As examples of this strength, he mentioned the admittance of Venezuela, the increase of trade and the creation of new institutional mechanisms.
Representatives of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are scheduled to meet with Mercosur negotiators to advance on the project for a free trade agreement. The Itamaraty forecast is that some parts of the treaty should be inked during the Mercosur Summit, to take place between January 18 and 19.
The documents to be signed during the summit of the South American bloc, in the southeastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, should include a list of the products to be included in the agreement, and the tariff reduction schedule. The final agreement should be signed in June, during a GCC meeting.
The Brazilian Foreign Office (Itamaraty) should take the suggestions to the next meetings between representatives of the Arab and South American countries. Other government and private organizations, like the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, gave suggestions, among them the training of foreign trade operators and the simplification of visa issuing for businessmen.
The negotiations of the free trade treaty between both blocs advanced last weekend. According to the Brazilian ambassador to Riyadh, Isnard Penha, who participated in the meeting in the Saudi capital, a definition has been reached regarding the basic text, which should be signed during the next Mercosur summit.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – A group of Brazilian diplomats headed by ambassador Régis Arslanian, head of the international negotiations department of the Itamaraty (head office of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), left yesterday (14) to Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, with the objective of proceeding with negotiations for a free
