Representatives of the Mercosur and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) met in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, during the weekend. They decided that negotiations for the free trade agreement will be speeded up. The next meeting will take place in Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital.
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The minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil, Luiz Fernando Furlan, and the minister of Mines and Energy, Silas Rondeau, should arrive in the Arab country on Sunday for an official trade mission. They will be accompanied by a group of over 40 businessmen. Furlan is going to meet the Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The committee created by both blocs is going to meet on November 26 and 27 in Riyadh to define the coverage of the treaty as well as the schedule. The Brazilian Foreign Office (Itamaraty) is going to make use of the opportunity to promote a trade mission to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Amir Housni Lutfi will be arriving in São Paulo this Thursday to meet with representatives of the business sector and visit organizations established by the Arab community. He is going to visit the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp), and the Heart Hospital, among other institutions.
Agência Brasil Brasilia – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received the prime minister of Jamaica, Percival James Patterson, this Tuesday (01), in Brasilia. During the meeting, they talked about ways of intensifying cooperation between the two countries in the cultural and AIDS fighting programs areas. Lula mentioned the leadership role of both Brazil and
Agência Brasil* Porto (Portugal) – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated today (13), in a meeting with Brazilian and Portuguese businessmen, that the perspectives for economic relations between Brazil and Portugal have never as favourable as now. To convince the Portuguese of investing in Brazil Lula mentioned some advances that have happened in the
Agencia Brasil Brasilia – The United States Deputy Secretary of State, Robert Zoellick, said he expects improvements in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, to be held in Hong Kong, China, next December, under the Doha Round – a series of negotiations to reduce barriers, promoted by the WTO, which began in 2001. Zoellick
Agência Brasil Brasília – Today (06) the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations is holding a seminar to discuss commercial opportunities and the possibility of creating free trade zones that would unite Mercosur and India, and Mercosur and the South African Customs Union (SACU), which consists of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesoto and Suaziland. The seminar
Hassine Bouzid, who has just left his position as Tunisian ambassador in Brazil, made, in an interview to ANBA, a balance of his almost five years in the position. He recalled that 12 cooperation agreements were signed in various areas, that trade grew by over 100% and pointed out the support of the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
