Tag: Fernando Pimentel

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 21:33 UTC

  Brazilian exporters warn of de-industrialization because of massive imports

  

  The increase in imports during the first quarter of this year could indicate Brazil has begun a de-industrialization process, cautioned Jose Augusto de Castro, president of the country’s Foreign Trade Association, AEB.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  On Monday Customs delayed back-log of Argentina made-cars should be in Brazil

  

  Argentina and Brazil seem to be again on the path of normalizing bilateral trade following the mid May spat that triggered a round of technical exchanges in Buenos Aires and a final meeting at ministerial level in Brasilia. On Monday, allegedly all the Argentine cars delayed in the border will have been cleared into Brazil.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 02:02 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil agree on terms to unlock the bilateral trade conflict

  

  Argentina and Brazil agreed Thursday to abide by the 60-day retention period applied to products affected by non automatic tariff trade barriers and accelerate trade in the agricultural sector with the purpose of overcoming the conflict that erupted mid May and had virtually frozen bilateral operations.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 08:22 UTC

  Industry ministers meet in Brasilia to address Argentina/Brazil trade differences

  

  Argentine Industry Minister, Debora Giorgi, and her Brazilian counterpart Fernando Pimentel will meet this Thursday in Brasilia in order to discuss a possible solution for the trade conflict currently affecting Brazil and Argentina

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 09:24 UTC

  Pimentel anticipates more ‘active measures’ to defend Brazil’s industry

  

  The Brazilian Government announced that it is considering additional import restrictions on top of the ones already applied to vehicles, as a measure to defend their national industry.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 07:10 UTC

  Argentine/Brazil trade talks stalled but ‘technical negotiations’ were good

  

  Brazilian Industry Secretary Alessandro Teixeira said on Wednesday that no progress has been made so far regarding the trade impasse over Brazil’s import delays for Argentine cars and auto parts, but denied any crisis with Argentina since negotiations are on-going.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 07:20 UTC

  Brazil/Argentina agree monthly trade meetings and gradual liberation of licences

  

  Brazil and Argentina agreed to monthly meetings on commerce, Argentina said, as the neighbouring countries try to overcome tensions that flared earlier this month over car imports.

• Thursday, May 19th 2011 - 07:13 UTC

  Brazil’s top industry organization head calls Argentine minister “cry-baby”

  

  While Argentine and Brazilian officials are involved in a ‘constructive dialogue’ to overcome trade disputes the head of the powerful Sao Paulo Federation of Industries, FIESP, Paulo Skaf said that Argentine Industry minister Debora Giorgi tends to “over-cry” the restrictions imposed on car imports to Brazil.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 17:39 UTC

  Brazil non automatic import licences on blankets from China and Uruguay

  

  Brazil announced it was imposing non automatic import licences on synthetic fibre blankets from Paraguay, Uruguay and China, according to an official communiqué from the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade released Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 05:58 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil agree to attempt dialogue to overcome latest trade dispute

  

  Argentine Minister for Industry, Debora Giorgi will meet in coming hours with Brazilian Ambassador, Enio Cordeiro, to schedule a series of meetings to address trade disputes between the two neighbouring countries and main Mercosur associates.