{"id":258950,"date":"2019-10-02T20:48:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T23:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=258950"},"modified":"2019-10-02T21:15:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T00:15:44","slug":"rubens-hannun-promotes-arab-world-at-administration-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/rubens-hannun-promotes-arab-world-at-administration-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubens Hannun promotes Arab world at administration forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccab.org.br\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a> president Rubens Hannun gave a lecture this Wednesday (2) at the <a href=\"http:\/\/fia.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16<sup>th<\/sup> International Administration Forum<\/a> hosted by Brazil\u2019s Federal Administration Council (<a href=\"https:\/\/cfa.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CFA<\/a>) in Palmas, Tocantins. He gave an overview of the latest developments in Brazilian-Arab relations and the Chamber\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of interest in Arab countries,\u201d Hannun told ANBA. \u201cThe audience wanted to hear more. They realized most people are unaware of the peculiarities of each country, the opportunities, challenges and diversity from country to country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258945\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-02-at-19.54.311.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-258945 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-02-at-19.54.311-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-02-at-19.54.311-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-10-02-at-19.54.311.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">S\u00e3o Paulo Regional Administration Council president Roberto Carvalho Cardoso (L) and Rubens Hannun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The executive discussed business opportunities that are being created between Brazil and the Arab world as a result of initiatives like <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/tereza-cristinas-visit-to-arab-countries-opened-doors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brazilian Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina<\/a>\u2019s tour of four Arab countries in September, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-breaks-into-egyptian-dairy-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Egypt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/saudis-clear-imports-of-new-goods-from-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> gave the green light to the import of formerly prohibited goods from Brazil. The Arab Chamber played a major role in the tour.<\/p>\n<p>He also remarked that president <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/at-un-bolsonaro-mentioned-his-tour-to-arab-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jair Bolsonaro<\/a> is traveling to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar at the end of this month. He will be joined by a <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/apex-opens-registration-for-mission-to-arab-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delegation of businesspeople<\/a> in the former two countries, and this should translate into business opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Hannun described successful initiatives by the Arab Chamber such as bringing together governments and the private sector to downplay the effects of the Operation Weak Meat on Brazilian beef and poultry exports in 2017; this year\u2019s launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/chamber-launches-anba-in-arabic\/\">Arabic version<\/a> of ANBA as a demonstration of respect to the Arab peoples, which helped leveraging audience; and the opening of the Chamber\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-brazilian-chamber-launches-office-in-dubai\/\">international office<\/a> in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In fact, last Tuesday (1<sup>st<\/sup>), the office was visited by a delegation of representatives from <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/tocantins-uae-reach-investment-agreement\/\">Tocantins\u2019<\/a> government and companies.<\/p>\n<p>On the same line, the executive detailed the decision by the League of Arab States to encourage the creation of a nonstop shipping lane between Brazil and Arab countries in partnership with the Union of Chambers of Arab Chambers \u2013 the commerce-oriented arm of the Arab League. \u201cThe Chamber and the Union are in the center of this decision,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also discussed eventual joint actions with CFA and the organizers of the event in Palmas, such as participating in the board of the Brazil-Arab Countries Economic Forum, which the Chamber will hold in April 2020; promoting investment opportunities in sanitation in Brazil, which is a subject close to CFA, to Arab countries; hosting a business seminar with the Arab world in Tocantins; and the visit of a delegation of the Council of Arab Ambassadors to Amazonas, since representatives of that state were there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey (CFA) have a wide capillarity, are in every city,\u201d Hannun pointed out. The administration forum started last Tuesday with a lecture by vice president Hamilton Mour\u00e3o and runs till Thursday (3), featuring a presentation on agribusiness by senator K\u00e1tia Abreu (PDT-GO), former minister of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum &amp; Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-258944\">Press Release<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-258945\">Divulga\u00e7\u00e3o<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce took part in a conference hosted by Brazil\u2019s Federal Administration Council this Wednesday in Palmas, Tocantins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1454,"featured_media":258944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[9859,4533,4639,11684,11686,11646,9672,11685,11647],"class_list":{"0":"post-258950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-opportunities","8":"tag-arab-chamber-en","9":"tag-arab-chambers-branch-office","10":"tag-camara-arabe-en","11":"tag-conselho-federal-de-administracao","12":"tag-federal-administration-council","13":"tag-palmas-en","14":"tag-rubens-hannun-en","15":"tag-sao-paulo-regional-administration-council","16":"tag-tocantins-en"},"wps_subtitle":"The president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce took part in a conference hosted by Brazil\u2019s Federal Administration Council this Wednesday in Palmas, Tocantins.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}