Currently in the presidency of the G20, the Arab country is calling on nations, organizations and private sector players to help come up with USD 8 billion to help plug a funding gap in tackling coronavirus.
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Companies interested in transporting cargo in passenger spaces must request permission. Measure aims to hep supplying markets with essential products for dealing with COVID-19.
The Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, is exonerating retailers at its facilities from rent. The move will benefit companies, banks, individual tenants, hotels, galleries, stores, restaurants and cafés.
Importers are shifting towards Brazilian beef as an alternative to unavailable Indian buffalo meat. The subject was discussed in a webinar hosted by consulting firm Datagro and livestock industry association GPB.
The International Monetary Fund predicts 3% contraction of the world economy, with GDP shrinking 5.3% in Brazil and 2.8% in the Middle East. Next year, economies are expected to bounce back, provided that policies prove effective.
In the Arab country, an organization of women from Brazil is donating food kits, hand sanitizer, medicine, diapers and powdered milk to fellow expatriates who are struggling with the quarantine.
As part of a self-isolation campaign to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Egyptian administration launched ‘Experience Egypt,’ a website featuring online tours and content on culture, museums and archaeological sites.
Exit and reentry visas expiring between February 25 and May 20, 2020 have been extended free of charge for non-nationals residing in the country.
During a webinar hosted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Tereza Cristina said Arab countries are one of the Ministry’s priorities when it comes to foreign markets amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
So far, 177 items have been made tax exempt in Brazil. Newly added products include zinc, vitamin D, and inputs for the manufacturing of respirators and lung ventilators.
The monetary authority announced that 8,000 enterprises and 100,000 individuals late on their credit payments will be taken off its ‘I-list’ amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Foreign sales went up in terms of shipped volume, but declined in terms of revenue.
Country will pay 60% of wages of private sector for three months. Plan aims at mitigating COVID-19 effects.
Besides donating masks, hand sanitizers and pillowcases to the largest public hospital in the East Zone of São Paulo, the Chamber is campaigning for new contributions.
