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Source: Chamber Of Deputies Of Chile

By three votes in favor, five against, and one abstention, the Committee on Agriculture of the House rejected the project by approving the sixty-first additional protocol to the Economic Complementation Agreement N° 35, held on the 4th of January 2018 between the States Parties of Mercosur and Chile, in Montevideo, which contains the Trade Agreement between Chile and Argentina, signed in Buenos Aires, on November 2, 2017 (bulletin 11730).

The initiative, whose discussion had been initiated in previous sessions, told in the present opportunity with the assistance of the director of Economic Relations (S), Mathias Francke

Within 20 chapters contained in the Agreement, rejected it as a claim on the part of the parliamentarians, they provide initial provisions and general definitions, as well as rules designed to facilitate trade.

In respect of the latter -as explained by the Direcon-defined disciplines that are designed to ensure that the operations of import and export between the Parties to become more rapid and efficient

At the same time, it tries to provide to the operators of foreign trade of greater certainty in the operations of cross-border trade, incorporating commitments of transparency, and to promote voluntary compliance with the customs procedures.

In that sense, this chapter incorporates provisions relating to Advance Rulings, Review and Appeal, Release of goods, Automation, Certification of origin digital, Authorized Economic Operator, Single Window for Foreign Trade, Risk Management, Acceptance of Copies, among others.

Also, it is contemplated the creation of a Committee on Msmes, composed of government representatives of the Parties, which shall be responsible for the promotion and monitoring of the activities agreed in this framework, which has as functions, among others, exchange relevant information, to implement development programs for the sector and regularly assess the progress and the functioning of the theme.

In addition, include the following aspects: sanitary and phytosanitary measures

The proposal passed now to the consideration of the board of the Chamber of Deputies, where it must choose between the decision of the Commission of Agriculture and submitted by the Committees of Foreign Affairs and of Finance, the instances that have agreed to the adoption of the agreement.

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Source: Republic of Brazil 2

ABAV EXPOTrês hours per day is the average time of consumption of online content per person. On World Tourism Day, topics related to technology have marked the discussions in the 46th ABAV Expo

By Kiara GoulartTer all of the information for any thing in the palm of the hand is a reality, and this goes especially for the consumer travel. The mobile phone occupies a place that has radio, television and even the computer, and, today, it is already called “first screen”: fulfills role of primary influencer in decision making even in the time of choosing the next trip. The subject, fully connected to the theme of World Tourism Day – “Digital Transformation” -, celebrated on Thursday (27), was the focus of the lecture of Renata Cerqueira, manager of the Travel industry of Facebook, at the 46th ABAV Expo International Turismo.De according to Renata, of the 127 million users of Facebook, 122 million use the platform from their mobile phone. Of these, about 22% browse by mobile phone to complete travel. “Before, our source was the TV and, if we wanted to travel, we’d go to an agency physical. Today is not accurate. Can I search for destinations, choose my journey, to seek opinions and experiences with friends and influencers, purchase my ticket, travel, come back, and encourage, also by the internet, other people to do the same”, contou.De according to Renata, the market needs to ask how to disclose information to captivate this audience on the internet, since this consumer consumes an average of three hours of daily online content. Among the recommendations of the expert of the sector to achieve this goal, are building a consolidated brand in the digital environment, the monitoring of results, and, mainly, the investment in the production of videos to acquire loyal consumers. “There is no rule to creativity. Home videos also captivate the audience and has already been proven that they have 5 times more engagement on the social networks. That is, do not invest in the videos is the same as being behind all the world”, he advised.

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