The region’s countries went through the Covid-19 crisis with relative resilience, but they have undergone significant changes, according to the economist Jarmo Kotilaine, who spoke during an Arab Chamber webinar on Thursday (11).
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Enrolments are open for the the first three lessons in the online course “The Contributions of Arab-Islamic Civilization to Humanity: a Historical Outlook.” Classes start February 25.
In an ABCC webinar on Thursday (11), lawyer Ronaldo Lemos said the world lives in a data economy and countries must turn knowledge into an economic value to develop.
The Hope Probe entered the orbit of the Red Planet on Tuesday (9). This is the first Arab mission and the fifth in the world to get to Mars.
Irma Alves is responsible for selling the instrument – valued at EUR 800,000 – and wants to attract Arab buyers. The value raised with the auction will be donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Despite record-high exports from Brazil last year, the Arab bloc’s imports of the product were down 40%. However, the market expects global consumption to go up by 3% a year.
Countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Oman stepped up their chicken meat imports from Brazil in January, even though the industry’s overall imports slid.
How are the Brazilian and Arab economies in this second year of COVID-19? Which innovations will the world live with from now? These are some of the topics of the webinar the ABCC will host on Thursday (11), when it will also present its 2021 activities calendar.
IDEX will take place in the UAE’s capital city from February 21 through 25 and demonstrate the latest defense technologies.
Emirates announced on Tuesday (9) that passenger services from São Paulo to Dubai will remain suspended until February 28. Flights from Dubai to São Paulo, though, will resume next Thursday (11).
Terra Viva channel will broadcast on Thursday (11) at 1 pm a show with seven of Brazil’s former Agriculture ministers. The show is supported by the ABCC.
Despite a year-on-year decline, Brazilian footwear exports were up from December.
Whereas early on in the pandemic whatever foreign travel from Brazil was taking place was accounted for by executives and the younger demographic, now that vaccination is on the horizon, older tourists are beginning to seek travel packages and flight tickets.
Foreign sales of cattle meat decreased in terms of volume and revenue as most major destinations, including Egypt, stepped down their purchases.
