In an interview to ANBA, the Egyptian deputy minister of Foreign Trade, Achraf El Rabie, emphasised that his country will be greatly benefited by the commercial treaty currently being negotiated with the South American bloc. He also spoke of the reforms promoted by his government to attract investments and defended the creation of an air route between Brazil and Egypt.
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Agência Brasil Brasília – At a meeting yesterday (17) in New York (USA), representatives of Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan discussed proposals to reform the United Nations (UN) Security Council. Brazil was represented at the meeting by the Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim. The four countries comprise the G4, a group that is seeking
The objective is to avoid that companies register the names of natural products as theirs, as is the case with cupuaçu. The fruit from the Amazon had its name patented by two Japanese companies, making it impossible for Brazilian exporters to sell products made from the fruit in Germany.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The minister of Mines and Energy, Dilma Rousseff, has been appointed Chief of Staff, where she will replace José Dirceu who resigned and is returning to the Lower House where he represents the state of São Paulo. The president of the Energy Research Corporation, Mauricio Tolmasquim, will become acting minister of
Agência Brasil Asunción – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in Asunción, Paraguay, for the 28th Mercosur Summit. He is accompanied by the ministers of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, and Mines and Energy, Dilma Rousseff. Yesterday Lula met with the presidents of the other Mercosur members (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and attended a dinner
Geovana Pagel, special envoy* Belo Horizonte – Over 100 businessmen from various industrial sectors in the state of Minas Gerais, among them garment manufacturing, mining, jewellery, shoe and medical equipment, participated in the seminar organized by the Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais (Fiemg), during the official visit of the Council of
The idea, given by president Lula last year, will be in the final document of the Second South Summit. Information from the Brazilian government, presented yesterday at the meeting for heads of state, show that US$ 50 billion per year are necessary to fight hunger in the developing countries. To collect this money, one of the proposals is to tax air tickets.
