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Consulting firm BMJ Consultores Associados partner Welber Barral believes import tax hikes will fast-track bilateral agreements. A 10% rate has been levied on most Arab countries as well as Brazil. Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan will bear the biggest impact.

The countries that make up the BRICS house more than 40% of the global population and for over a third of the world economy. With a reformist agenda for the international order, the group works to increase its global influence.

Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce secretary-general & CEO Tamer Mansour is part of the group accompanying the Brazilian federal government delegation on a trip to China headed by the minister of Agriculture. President Lula canceled his participation due to health issues. The schedule in the UAE was withdrawn.

The conference ended this Monday (19) in Canada with a deal signed between 190 states. The text includes important targets for halting biodiversity loss worldwide and resolutions concerning funding and monitoring.