The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) declared that it will host the 3rd Arab Chamber Webinar on Brazilian-Arab bilateral relations in partnership with the Federation of Muslim Associations in Brazil to announce the launch of the Brazil-Arab Parliamentary Group, an organization that goals to construct ties between the Brazilian Congress and the parliaments of Arab countries. The webinar titled Brazilian-Arab bilateral relations: Encouraging and developing inter-regional exchange will be streamed live on April 29, 2020.

In addition to discussing the growth of Brazilian-Arab bilateral relations, the webinar will address the launch of the Parliamentary Group and its agenda; the diversification of trade; and the significance of food safety in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the webinar will talk about Halal certification, food safety all through the manufacturing chain, legal processes to make sure safety, and the measures that have been adopted to protect Brazilian exports from the trade have an impact of the pandemic. In light of the increasing focus on food safety, ABCC is presently working on the modernization of its processes, which includes digital transformation, with an intention to ease obstacles and facilitate trade.

Rubens Hannun, President, Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, said: By organizing these webinars, we goal to construct and provide more positive, synergistic avenues in order to promote discussions that can lead to strategic partnerships and joint efforts in facilitating trade. The formation of the new Group is set to add a lot of value to our efforts in this direction, with well-defined goals. We will be in a position to certainly discover challenges and tackle them in order to obtain huge growth.

The third webinar will construct on the success of the first two editions that have been held on the topics Food supply chain: Current views and challenges and the Challenges and opportunities in the logistics industry amidst COVID-19 situation respectively. The Chamber intends to host webinars often for as long as the situation continues, in a bid to offer data and updates to Brazilian and Arab companies, thereby aiding the continuation of trade movements.