- U.S. and Brazil Relaunch Commercial Dialogue

Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade has announced that MDIC and the U.S. Department of Commerce have relaunched the U.S-Brazil Commercial Dialogue, which last met in 2008. Commerce has also issued a press release, stating that the two sides agreed to focus on: innovation/green technology, trade facilitation/business development, intellectual property cooperation, standards and metrology, and services and small- and medium-sized enterprises (MDIC notice, in Portuguese, dated 05/04/10, available at http://www.mdic.gov.br/sitio/interna/noticia.php?area=5&noticia=9795 and DOC notice, dated 05/04/10 available at http://www.trade.gov/press/press-releases/2010/us-brazil-commercial-dialogue-deepens-trade-relations-050410.asp)