National regulation for organic production in Brazil was implemented on January 1st of 2011, demanding all imported organics to be certified according to the specifics of Brazilian norms. This new regulatory framework brought a particular condition of technical barriers to trade in the country, as it makes it unfeasible for foreign brands to locally certify their organic manufacturingContinueContinue reading “Technical Trade Barriers Brazil: The case of organic imports”
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Advocacy strategy for the sustainable transition of high impact enterprises
Building a sustainable strategy sometimes demands complex action plans involving multidisciplinary and interdependent areas of any organization. Such approach may come at high planning and interwoven execution costs, which may represent the first barrier at the decision making process on transitioning from an ordinary twentieth century business to a sustainable twenty-first century enterprise. However, ifContinueContinue reading “Advocacy strategy for the sustainable transition of high impact enterprises”
Legal Services in Brazil: Business environment, market opportunities and engagement strategy
Generally stating, legal services is a highly competitive sector in Brazil, and engaging in profitable business development often depends on persistent and long term relationship building as an inherent trait of the country’s business culture. Traditionally, there is a vast area of legal specializations, all of which contain extensive and complex law structures that undergoContinueContinue reading “Legal Services in Brazil: Business environment, market opportunities and engagement strategy”
Snowden’s appeal for public debates on Global Governance and Big Data
It is quite unfortunate to be an observer of such an important discussion not taking place at the level it should be in our global arena. All the fuss that took place over Edward Snowden’s courage of standing up and speaking his mind to global spectators on unethical practices executed by a governmental institution -ContinueContinue reading “Snowden’s appeal for public debates on Global Governance and Big Data”
Accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization
Russia’s accession to the WTO cleared a major hurdle when the WTO Working Party on its accession approved, ad referendum on 10 November 2011, the package spelling out Russia’s terms of entry to the organization. The Working Party will now send its accession recommendation to the 15 – 17 December Ministerial Conference, where Ministers areContinueContinue reading “Accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization”
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