Bangladesh, Brazil to build stronger economic fits in post-Covid era
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Ambassador Tabajara remains great about potential partnerships with Bangladesh
Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Joao Tabajara de Oliveira Junior has said Bangladesh and Brazil can create a more robust alliance in the trade and economic front, by getting away from the existing pandemic situation in a “more imaginative way”.
“We have to escape this (pandemic situation) more robust than before,” he told UNB in an interview, adding that countries will have to be more innovative in the post-Covid period.
Ambassador Tabajara said the federal government of Bangladesh remains focused on the current path of exiting from minimal developed countries (LDCs) group.
He said there could possibly be many challenges in the trade area after Bangladesh graduates and Bangladesh must develop trade agreements with various market segments to expand export heading beyond the original markets.
Tabajara said Brazil believes that Bangladesh and Brazil can create a more robust alliance, considering Bangladesh a large economic electric power. “It has nothing to do with the size of the country, how big is the economy and industry is big,” he added.
The Brazilian ambassador said he sees a lot more space for cooperation, and everyone can have normal access to each other’s market.
Asked whether he was successful in exhibiting Bangladesh a fresh Brazil, the Brazilian envoy said he believes he's getting to do that regardless of the Covid-19 situation.
Among the great results of this work was first the establishment of the Brazil-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Sectors (BBCCI), said the ambassador.
Brazil is South America's most influential country, a rising financial power, and it features made major strides in the last couple of years in its work to raise thousands out of poverty, although the gap between your rich and the poor remains wide.
“Brazil, being the center of Latin America, is actually a new entrance for trade and expenditure from Bangladesh,” Ambassador Tabajara mentioned.
He said assurance is very important in growing this partnership and the two countries want to promote private sectors around them.
Giving an answer to a question upon the trade concern, the ambassador explained they are in dialogue to help ease tariff issues to improve trade between the two countries. The bilateral trade volume level is currently less than US $2 billion.
“We can create a tariff agreement or perhaps arrangement, which will be a best part for both countries,” he added.
Ambassador Tabajara said they need to establish a large amount of basic things in order that both economies may benefit found in the post-pandemic period. “Let’s do something,” he said.
Bangladesh imports sugar, wheat, and cotton from Brazil and exports apparel products, pharmaceuticals, plastics, tableware, vegetable textile fibre, jute goods, and man made filaments.
Giving an answer to a question on technological cooperation, the Brazilian envoy explained they are at the ultimate level in signing a complex cooperation agreement in order that the two countries can start posting and exchanging cooperation in every the areas that Bangladesh could possibly be interested in, such as for example agriculture.
“With this agreement, Bangladesh and Brazil can create an agricultural revolution here. With Brazilian approaches, the machine of management and methods, everything we developed could be applied below,” he added.
Ambassador Tabajara said such cooperation can help Bangladesh achieve four times higher production levels found in the agriculture sector without needing new land. “I believe, consequently Bangladesh can cut reliance on imports and can even export extra,” he added.
On food security, the envoy stated you will find a lot of space to develop relations, and food security is one of these.
Amazon Rainforest
The exploitation of the Amazon rainforest, a lot of which is in Brazil, has been a major international worry because the wilderness is a essential regulator of the climate.
Commenting on the problem, the ambassador explained Brazil remains very lively in this portion. “The new authorities is providing a fresh strategy and composition to protect Amazon,” he said.
“Amazon is quite rich. You possess everything there. It’s a paradise of natural resources. Right now there’s a fresh national force to package especially with the Amazon concerns comprising of the oxygen push, navy, and army,” explained the ambassador.
A lot more than 1,200 sq . kilometers of forest in the Brazilian Amazon was wiped out in the 1st four months of 2020, a 55% boost from the same period this past year, international press reported, quoting the federal government firm which tracks environmental destruction via satellite photos.
Ambassador Tabajara said Brazil was just about the most active countries in the climate change package negotiations.
Public Diplomacy
Giving an answer to a question upon open public diplomacy, the ambassador stated he has an tremendous agenda here but things go slow as a result of Covid-19 situation.
“Brazil now provides a better impression and it’s better known than before. We've had an embassy below since 2010 nonetheless it was recognized to all. But now persons know well about our occurrence,” he said.
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