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The AgriFuture Forum, held in São Paulo by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, brought together Brazilian and Arab experts to discuss how to ensure food production, food security, and sustainability in the face of global challenges.

After meeting with ministers and signing a memorandum with the Gulf Cooperation Council, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira says a new phase of high-level political dialogue with the region has begun. In an exclusive interview with ANBA, Mauro Vieira said that Brazil has an enviable political position in the Gulf.

According to Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, negotiations with the UAE for a free trade agreement have been ongoing regularly since they were launched and were addressed at the Mercosur foreign ministers’ meeting in Montevideo within the broader context of the bloc’s extra-regional agenda.

Market Securities, a global wholesale broker with a branch office in Dubai, is structuring funds to facilitate investments from Arabs in Brazil’s agribusiness sector and from Brazilians in the UAE’s real estate sector. A Brazilian executive is leading its Special Projects division.

André Brizolla and Daniel Santos established Fratelli Al Tawasul, a division in the company they fist founded in 2023, to mediate business between Arab perfume companies and Brazilian distributors. Already partnered with UAE-based Ahmed Al Maghribi Perfumes, they are negotiating with three other brands.

Brazilian micro and small businesses are growing as exporters and bringing positive results to the country by selling higher-value products and boosting the economy. Aidu, with its food-grade aerosol, and Açaí Town are two successful ventures in the international market.

Bahrain’s imports increased in July, and so did re-exports, in which a country exports goods that were previously imported. Top re-exports were private cars, gold ingots, and smartphones, according to a non-oil trade report.