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December 12 2006
Talking business in Brazil
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Business was high on the agenda last week during a trip to São Paulo by Benoît Pelletier, Québec’s Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs. Pelletier was asked to launch a seminar on cutting-edge technologies organized by the Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (FIESP), Latin America’s leading industry federation. About a dozen Québec businesses took part in the event.
The seminar was an opportunity for the Minister to highlight Québec’s expertise in the environmental and energy sectors and stress the vitality of scientific and technological research in Québec. He also discussed potential business partnerships with Brazil during a meeting with the members of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce’s economic affairs committee.
As part of the activities of the Partner Regions, Pelletier was invited to Brazil by the Governor of the State of São Paulo to open a conference on the new frontiers of federalism. His trip was also a chance to consolidate institutional ties between Québec and São Paulo in the health and education sectors. Among other people, he spoke with the secretary of the next state government, Aloyso Nunes Ferreira.
Brazil is one of the high-priority emerging economies identified in Québec’s international policy, and Québec plans to open a government office in São Paulo.
Press release (in French)
Québec-Brazil relations
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