São Paulo state-based Pipper has been exporting footwear to Saudi Arabia for more than ten years. It has shop owners and distributors as clients and is searching for buyers in other Gulf countries.

Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco is offering a non-degree course in International Business Administration with an emphasis in Arab countries starting in August. Arab Brazilian Chamber members will get a discount.

The newly inaugurated Brazilian foreign minister said the country’s efforts will no longer be restricted to multilateral negotiations such as the WTO’s and that he will seek out bilateral treaties with countries and blocs thereof.