May 24, 2019 by Olimar Rivera Noa

Brazil’s government has taken the final steps for adherence to the Madrid Protocol streamlining trademark registration, monitoring and compliance, the government said Friday. The Brazilian Senate completed work on ratification of the Protocol earlier this week. Brazil’s trademark registration agency (INPI) has now published a timeline for full implementation, which will be achieved by October. The Protocol allows for simultaneous trademark registration in 120 countries accounting for 80% of world trade. It is designed to cut registration wait times and registration and monitoring costs.

Link to government news agency release.

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March 27, 2019 by Gabriel Manetas

The Brazil-U.S. Business Council, through its Corporate Roundtable series, is advancing the dialogue towards establishing the institutional architecture that would strengthen economic cooperation.

President Bolsonaro’s visit during “Brazil Day in Washington” was a milestone to redefine the path forward for U.S.-Brazil partnership. However, despite the growing two-way trade and investment, the two largest economies and democracies in the Western Hemisphere have not made much progress towards establishing framework agreements that would strengthen economic cooperation.

The U.S. and Brazilian business communities have consistently expressed their views that a comprehensive trade agreement, a bilateral tax treaty, and a bilateral investment treaty are imperative for the future of the relationship.

The Brazil Council is laying the groundwork for these instruments with recently released reports – A Roadmap to a U.S.-Brazil Bilateral Tax Treaty, Brazil and the U.S. A Roadmap to a Trade Agreement, and the Bilateral Investment Map, Brazil/USA (infographic) – and the dialogues to take place in the coming months as part of the Corporate Roundtable series.

Join us for the upcoming Corporate Roundtables!

April 8th, 2019 | Washington, D.C. | 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Roundtable discussion featuring Hamilton Mourão Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

April 12th, 2019 | Washington, D.C. | 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Roundtable discussion featuring Marcos Troyjo, Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade & International Affairs, Ministry of the Economy of the Federative Republic of Brazil

April 2019 | Brasilia
Roundtable discussion focused on Infrastructure Development featuring Tarcisio Freitas Minister of Infrastructure of the Federative Republic of Brazil

These are off-the-record, closed to press roundtables, open to C-suite executives of member companies only.

BUSBC Advocacy Mission
April 23th – 26th | Brasilia, Brazil

The Brazil-U.S. Business Council’s advocacy mission will gather senior executives in Brasilia for meetings with Brazilian government authorities on April 23-26, 2019. The mission will include strategic engagement with key decision makers of the relevant ministries to discuss our policy agendas.

The mission will focus on issues that are relevant to U.S. and Brazilian companies doing business in Brazil, including corporate roundtables with emphasis on trade, tax, investment, and innovation based on our roadmaps. In addition, we will host meetings focused on sector-specific areas including agriculture, defense, infrastructure, and health.

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March 19, 2019 by Olimar Rivera Noa

On March 18, the Brazil-U.S. Business Council hosted H.E. Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, and his Ministerial delegation for a series of events, part of the “Brazil Day in Washington”. This was a historical day in the relationship between the U.S. and Brazil. President Bolsonaro’s visit to Washington, and the dialogues that took place reinforced the strong alliance between the two nations, advanced mutual interests and defined bilateral priorities.

The day’s events began with in-depth discussions on reform agendas and investment opportunities during Brazil Council’s corporate roundtables with Paulo Guedes, the Minister of Economy; Admiral Bento Costa Lima, Minister of Mines and Energy; Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture; and Marcos Pontes, Minister of Science and Technology.

The conference brought together over 300 guests from Brazilian and U.S. governments, business leaders from the Brazil Council, and stakeholders to hear from Minister Guedes about Brazil’s economic reform agenda to set the country on a growth trajectory, highlighting the pension reform underway in Congress and other upcoming reforms. Minister Ernesto Araujo from Ministry of Foreign Relations discussed Brazil’s priorities for the bilateral relations and stressed how the two largest democracies in the Western Hemisphere must seize this moment to fortify the strategic alliance on geopolitical and global issues. President Jair Bolsonaro closed the conference by sharing his vision for the future of Brazil and vowed to transform the nation’s economic and security challenges.

“Brazil Day in Washington” closed with a private reception and dinner for the Brazilian authorities and business leaders.