{"id":207895,"date":"2019-01-17T20:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T23:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=207895"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:37:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T21:37:12","slug":"arab-chamber-outlines-joint-actions-with-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-chamber-outlines-joint-actions-with-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Chamber outlines joint actions with Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0president Rubens Hannun and interim CEO Tamer Mansour convened this Thursday (17) with officials from Lebanon\u2019s ministries of Economy & Trade and Tourism, in Beirut. \u201cAt the Ministry of Economy and Trade, we worked out the actions to be taken this year in partnership with Lebanon,\u201d Hannun told ANBA over the phone.<\/p>\n

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Hannun (L) and Mansour (R) met with Alia Abbass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Such actions include a trip to Brazil by a delegation of Lebanese executives on occasion of the S\u00e3o Paulo Supermarket Industry Association (Apas Show), running from May 6 to 9 in S\u00e3o Paulo. Once again, the Arab Chamber will have a pavilion at the show featuring exhibitors from Middle East and North Africa countries. In the case of Lebanon, the companies deal in food products.<\/p>\n

It was also decided that Brazilian food security and infrastructure industry executives will travel to Lebanon in September. Hannun pointed out that the Arab country is expecting to invest USD 11.8 billion worth of World Bank funding into construction, sanitation, water treatment, energy, and oil and gas projects.<\/p>\n

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Hannun peruses book with Nada Sardouk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The idea is to have delegates from companies capable of carrying out work in those industries. \u201cWe will look into what are the best-suited companies,\u201d said the Arab Chamber president, who was welcomed by Alia Abbass, an assistant to the minister.<\/p>\n

At the Ministry of Tourism, it was agreed that a Lebanese chef will host tasting sessions at the Apas Show and to opinion-makers elsewhere. \u201cWe are also looking into ways of encouraging bilateral tourism. They (the Lebanese) have very bold ideas. They are very active in this regard,\u201d said Hannun, who spoke with the Ministry\u2019s secretary-general Nada Sardouk.<\/p>\n

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Aboul Gheit, secretary-general of the Arab League<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Arab Chamber delegates also attended the wrap-up meeting of the Arab Private Sector Forum (pictured at the top of this story<\/em>),\u00a0held over the last two days<\/a>\u00a0by the\u00a0Union of Arab Chambers<\/a>\u00a0in Beirut. Speakers in the session included the secretary-general of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Union secretary-general Khaled Hanafy.<\/p>\n

The forum\u2019s conclusions will be presented to regional authorities during the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, to be hosted by the League on the 20th<\/sup>, also in Beirut.<\/p>\n

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Hanafy is coming to Brazil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Actions suggested by chambers of commerce and executives include encouraging so-called \u2018industry 4.0,\u2019 removing non-tariff barriers between Arab nations, facilitating visas for travel between those nations, and creating an online platform to connect all chambers. Hannun noted that the Arab Brazilian Chamber is already having meetings with similar organizations in a drive to digitally integrate them and to create a shared databank.<\/p>\n

Private sector player recommendations also included negotiating a new investment promotion agreement between Arab countries, as well as a double taxation treaty.<\/p>\n

The Arab Chamber president also reported that the Union of Chambers general-secretary Khaled Hanafy is going to participate in the meeting of the Arab Chamber board in S\u00e3o Paulo in January 28.<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum & Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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