Tag: Fernando Pimentel

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 05:51 UTC

  China ready to increase trade and investments in Brazil but infrastructure lacking

  

  China moved to smooth economic relations with Brazil on Monday, saying it was open to more Brazilian exports and that Chinese firms will broaden their investments in the country.

• Monday, May 16th 2011 - 15:51 UTC

  Brazil justifies import licences for the auto sector, and insists they are not targeted on Argentina

  

  Brazilian Development, Industry and Foreign Trade minister Fernando Pimentel justified trade barriers imposed last week on the import of cars, a measure which was strongly criticized by the Argentine government.

• Saturday, May 14th 2011 - 04:50 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil agree on a ‘constructive dialogue’ to overcome trade disputes

  

  Following a long day of open letters and press exchanges Argentina and Brazil finally agreed on the ground rules for the initiation of a ‘constructive dialogue’ to soften the trade dispute which erupted when Brazil imposed non automatic licences on imported cars, including from Mercosur’ main partner Argentina.

• Friday, May 13th 2011 - 04:49 UTC

  Brazil warns Argentina about restrictions to bilateral trade

  

  Brazil’s Commerce and Industry minister Fernando Pimentel called on the Argentine government to de-activate restrictions on Brazilian exports and revealed he had addressed a letter to his Argentine peer Debora Giorgi exposing restrictions on bilateral trade and demanding a reply this coming week end.

• Friday, February 18th 2011 - 23:48 UTC

  Argentina/Brazil agree on monitoring committee to oversee bilateral trade

  

  Argentina and Brazil agreed Friday to set up a Monitoring Committee in order to exclude Brazilian products from being affected by the imports non-automatic licence system announced this week by the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.