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Seminar 13: Foreign Trade as a Vector for making the Economies of the Western Amazon more Dynamic

Aim: To discuss the role of foreign trade in the process of inserting the Western Amazon in the global economy, paying special attention to the European market; obstacles and opportunities facing companies with respect to expanding their foreign sales; as well as the tendency for northern South America to join Mercosur and the consequences of this on trade dynamics in the Pan-Amazonian Region.

Partner Institutions: The Superintendence of the Manaus Free Trade Zone (SUFRAMA) and the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC)

September 11, 2008 (Thursday)

7:30 am – 8:30 am – Registration
8:30 am – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 1 Moderator.
Welcoming video – Flávia Grosso
8:40 am – Panel 1: Foreign Trade from the Amazon Region and the European Market
Moderator: Welber de Oliveira Barral, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) Secretary for Foreign Trade, Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Rosária da Costa Baptista, Director of the International Trade Department at the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Language: Portuguese.

Lectures:

8:50 am – 9:40 am
• Lecture 1: The Potential of the European Market – Carlos Tavares, Foreign Trade Analyst of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Post-graduate studies in Foreign Trade, Language: Portuguese.

09:40 am – 10:30 am
• Lecture 2: European Market Access Standards and Procedures – Edílson Urbano, Foreign Trade Analyst of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Post-graduate studies in Foreign Trade, Language: Portuguese.

10:30 am – 11:00 am - Coffee break

11:00 am - 11:40 am
• Lecture 3: Trends and Strategies for Breaking into the European Market – Successful Brazilian Case Studies - Marcelo Henriques de Brito, Consultant for PROBATUS Consultancy, PhD in Chemical Engineering. Language: Portuguese.

11:40 am – 12:30 pm - Debate Session

12:30 pm – Lunch

2:30 pm – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 2 Moderator.
2:40 pm - Panel 2: New Commercial Dynamics in the Pan-Amazonian Region.
Moderator: Alexandre Padilha, Deputy Head of Federative Affairs, Office of the President of the Republic
Rapporteur: Mônica Lúcia Fernandes, Advisor to the Deputy Head of Federative Affairs, Office of the President of the Republic, Language: Portuguese.

Lectures:
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
• Lecture 1: The Expansion of the Mercosur to the North of the Continent and the Possibilities and Challenges for the Productive Sector – Paulo Castilho França, Director of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI - Regional Economic Integration), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), Language: Portuguese.

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
• Lecture 2: Trade Facilitation to Attract Investments – Welber de Oliveira Barral, Secretary for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC)

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

• Lecture 3: The Experience of the Pará-Venezuela and Paraná-Venezuela Chambers of Commerce - Maurílio de Abreu Monteiro, State of Pará Secretary for Development, Science, Technology, Language: Portuguese / Virgílio Moreira Filho, State of Paraná Secretary for Industry, Trade and Mercosur Affairs, Language: Portuguese.

4:30 pm – 4:50 pm – Coffee Break

4:50 pm – 5:10 pm

• Lecture 4: The Pan-Amazon Market as a Vector for Increasing Trade Flow with the Amazon Region – José Alberto da Costa Machado, Coordinator of Economic and Corporate Studies of the Superintendence of the Manaus Free Trade Zone (SUFRAMA), PhD in Regional Development, Language: Portuguese.

5:20 pm – 5:50 pm

• Lecture 5: Special Customs Regimes in the Mercosur – Implications for Foreign Trade - Flávia Skrobot Barbosa Grosso, Superintendent of the Superintendence of the Manaus Free Trade Zone (SUFRAMA), Language: Portuguese / Fabiana Rios, Governor of Tierra del Fuego – Argentina, Language: Spanish.

6:00 pm – Close

 

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