The need to simplify Brazilian law in order to bring in further investment from Arab countries was one of the topics in discussion in an online debate on Thursday (20) hosted by business group LIDE RS. Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce president Rubens Hannun was a featured guest.
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Muslim shopping behavior was discussed by the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce during a course offered by Fambras and CNA. Orlando Leite Ribeiro, of Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, spoke on exports to Islamic markets.
The Rio Grande do Sul chapter of Brazil’s Business Leaders Group (LIDE RS) is hosting an online meeting on business opportunities in Arab countries, featuring the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and executives from JBS and MSD.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) had an online meeting with Brazilian associations and organizations that have partnered up with a committee established to help keep Arab countries supplied throughout the pandemic. Upcoming steps were discussed.
ABCC president Rubens Hannun made the announcement in an online event on Wednesday (22) that marked the organization’s 68th anniversary. The House of Arabs will initially operate in virtual fashion.
The organization will have its anniversary on July 2, 2020. To mark the occasion, it will release on July 22 the first-ever specific research into Arab immigration to Brazil.
Arab Chamber president Rubens Hannun discussed the issue in the São Paulo Development Forum that ran online on Tuesday (30).
Speakers in a webinar hosted by the Arab Chamber this Wednesday (24) said that diplomatic relations have grown more important during the pandemic. A Brazilian Foreign Ministry official discussed ongoing talks with Arab countries.
In Arab Chamber webinar, KPMG market leader André Coutinho advised businesspeople on the importance of planning for when the social distancing measures are over, considering potential market changes.
During an Arab Chamber webinar on Wednesday (13), vice president Hamilton Mourão offered to help bring about the creation a direct shipping lane linking up Brazil and the Arab countries, and to pen double taxation treaties on investments with more Arab governments.
Arab Chamber president Rubens Hannun said that investments in production autonomy in the Arab countries have been frozen due to coronavirus. He talked at the Agro 360 show on the Terra Viva channel.
Next Wednesday (22) will see the second live stream since the lockdown began, this time focusing on logistics amid the pandemic. The events feature Brazilian and foreign speakers, with simultaneous translation into Brazilian Portuguese and English.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber marked March 25 online this year. In a social media campaign, the organization’s president remarked that physicians of Arab descent and their colleagues are fighting coronavirus, and that Brazil is working to keep supplying food to Arab countries.
The Arab market moved from the fifth largest importer of goods from Brazil in 2018 to the third in 2019, only behind China and the US.
