{"id":280598,"date":"2020-09-18T13:32:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=280598"},"modified":"2020-09-18T13:32:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:32:26","slug":"egypt-to-host-virtual-seminar-on-trade-with-mercosur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/egypt-to-host-virtual-seminar-on-trade-with-mercosur\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt to host virtual seminar on trade with Mercosur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Egypt\u2019s government is hosting the webinar \u201cEgypt-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement\u201d next Sunday (20). The event will address aspects of the agreement currently into its fourth year and providing for the gradual easing of tariffs. <em>Pictured above is a container ship in Egypt\u2019s Suez Canal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The free event is intended for the Arab and Brazilian public and slated to begin at 2 pm, Cairo time, 9 am, Bras\u00edlia time, on the Zoom platform. Speakers will speak English and Arabic. Registration is available <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZUlf-2qrz4iG9wqKoU5UNnURi75M6y-Lo7x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The webinar will feature Egyptian and Brazilian specialists. Organization is being handled by the Agreements and Foreign Trade section of Egypt\u2019s Ministry of Trade and Industry, and by the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce. This will be the first in a series of webinars covering Egypt\u2019s trade agreements.<\/p>\n<p>The Federation\u2019s secretary-general Alaa Ezz will deliver the opening speech. He will be followed by Rubem Mendes de Oliveira, the minister-counselor at the Embassy of Brazil in Cairo. <strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) secretary-general Tamer Mansour will provide information regarding access to the Brazilian market and discuss the role of the ABCC in advancing Egypt-Brazil trade.<\/p>\n<p>The director-general for Bilateral Trade Agreements at Egypt\u2019s Ministry of Trade and Industry, Michael Gamal Kaddes, will go over details of the Egypt-Mercosur treaty. He will also discuss how to make the most of the advantages it creates, the liberalization of trade in commodities, and rules of origin. Other speakers will be Ahmed Maghawry Diab, head of the Egyptian Commercial Service (ECS) and Ashraf Moukhtar, head of the Agreements and Foreign Trade division of Egypt\u2019s Ministry of Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n<p>The webinar is slated to end at 4 pm, Cairo time, and 11 am, Bras\u00edlia time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Egypt-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement<br \/>\nSeptember 20<br \/>\nClick <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZUlf-2qrz4iG9wqKoU5UNnURi75M6y-Lo7x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0to register<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-280558\">Khaled Desouki\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online event will delve into the free trade agreement between the Arab country and the economic bloc, which provides for the gradual easing of tariffs and is into its fourth year. Registration is available. Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce secretary-general Tamer Mansour will participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":280558,"comment_status":"closed","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":[114],"tags":[9803,38510,2607,33511,2610,1810,14803],"class_list":{"0":"post-280598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-egypt-en","9":"tag-acordo-de-livre-comercio-en","10":"tag-free-trade-agreement","11":"tag-mercosul-en","12":"tag-mercosur","13":"tag-trade","14":"tag-webinar"},"wps_subtitle":"An online event will delve into the free trade agreement between the Arab country and the economic bloc, which provides for the gradual easing of tariffs and is into its fourth year. 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