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This Friday (9) in your ANBA Bulletin: The Economic Meeting Brazil-United Arab Emirates takes place next Thursday (15) in Brasília. Registration is open for companies interested in participating. The event will feature debates, networking and the Arab country’s minister of state for International Cooperation, Reem Al Hashemi. On June 12, the Mahmoud Darwish Museum in Ramallah will host the screening of a video documentary on the visit of Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II to Palestina. And the IMF expects the economies of the Middle East and North Africa to grow by 2.2% this year according to the IMF, with Djibouti, Egypt and Qatar pushing up the growth. |
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Saudi Arabia was one of the countries that stood out as leading destinations for Brazilian poultry from January to May this year. A Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA) survey pointed out that the Saudis bought 148,100 tonnes of the product, up 19.4% over the same period in 2022.
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The Algiers International Fair (FIA-2023) takes place from June 19 to 24 at the Palais des Expositions in Algeria’s capital city. FIA is the largest multisectoral trade show in the North African country. The Embassy of Brazil in Algiers is organizing the participation of Brazilian companies in the 54th edition of the event.
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An account of the past contrasts with contemporary footage in the documentary that’ll be screened at the Mahmoud Darwish Museum in Ramallah, Palestine. The short film mixes pictures and an account of the time Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II visited the Arab country and footage depicting how the same sites are now. The screening of the film on Palestinian soil will be on June 12 and also feature a photo exhibition on the trip of the Brazilian monarch.
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Registration is open for companies interested in participating in the Brazil-United Arab Emirates Meeting to take place next Thursday (15) at 10 am at the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) in Brasília. The event will feature the UAE’s International Cooperation minister of state Reem Bint Ebrahim Al Hashim, who’s in Brazil leading a delegation from her country.
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This Tuesday (6), in Egypt, the 2nd Africa Health Exhibition and Conference’s (Africa Health ExCon) activities in Cairo were opened to boost business in the health sector. The show occurs from June 6 to 9 under the patronage of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi (pictured above), who opened the event.
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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region started 2023 by growing slowly but surely and is expected to end the year seeing a 2.2% growth in its gross domestic product (GDP), according to a forecast released Tuesday (6) by the World Bank. For 2024 the financial institution expects a 3.3% in the region.
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The president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC), Osmar Chohfi, had appointments in Brasília on Monday and Tuesday (June 5 and 6) accompanied by the organization’s secretary-general & CEO, Tamer Mansour, and Institutional Relations director, Fernanda Baltazar. They met with the president of the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil), Jorge Viana, the 19 Arab ambassadors to Brazil, and the Brazil-Arab Countries Parliamentary Group.
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In a situation it dubbed a “global economic resilience,” the World Bank raised its forecast for Brazil’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth from 0.8% to 1.2% in 2023 as per the Global Economic Prospects report released on Tuesday (6) by the financial institution.
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The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC), an organization that supports business between Brazil and the Arab countries, assessed Brazil’s response to the confirmed cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in the country in recent weeks as adequate. Information is from a release by the institution’s press office.
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Jordanian company Nafeeseh Sweets intends to expand exports and enter new markets, particularly Latin America, where Brazil stands out, in addition to African countries it still does not serve. The company exhibited at the supermarket sector APAS Show, which took place in May in São Paulo.
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A provisional measure published Tuesday (6) on Brazil’s Official Gazette opened an extraordinary line of credit of BRL 200 million (USD 40 million) for the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock for actions against the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1).
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After meeting last week with BRICS partners in Cape Town, South Africa, the minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, traveled to Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, seeking to strengthen commercial and political ties with African countries.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) will use the European Union’s digital COVID pass as a basis for a global health certification system, according to a new partnership deal agreed Monday (5).
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