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Agência Brasil Rio – The heads of state of 19 South and Central American nations, along with Mexico, will be in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow (04) for the opening of the 18th Rio Group summit which will last two days. At the close of the meeting a document will be signed by the heads of
Together with the Department of Trade Promotion of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Federation of Industries of the state of São Paulo, will put into practice, starting in November, a pilot project to train diplomats who are going to work at Brazilian embassies in other countries. They are going to visit industries to learn more about the reality of sectors with which the countries they are going to do business.
According to the Itamaraty, the Brazilian Foreign Office, the document sent includes the general lines of the text to be negotiated. Now the South American bloc is awaiting an answer from the Egyptian government. Specific matters, like the lists of products to be included in the agreement, for example, will be negotiated at a later date. As informed by ANBA last week, a delegation from the Arab country should visit Brazil in November so as to discuss the matter.
Agência Brasil Brasília – "A ten-year-long dream that finally came true," was the way minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, described the agreement signed yesterday (18) by Mercosur and the Andean Community (CAN). The agreement will promote Latin American integration, not only in trade, but also in the areas of investment and scientific and technological
Agência Brasil Rio – Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, reports that Mercosur member-nations have accepted an offer from Portugal to meet with the EU trade commissioner, Pascal Lamy, in Lisbon, on October 20, to continue talks on a free trade agreement. The announcement was made following a meeting that brought together Amorim and
Now, Brazilians wishing to travel to the Arab country only need their passports. The same applies to Tunisians interested in coming to Brazil. According to, Hassine Bouzid, the Tunisian ambassador in Brasilia, the new measure should help increase tourism and business trips between the two countries.
