This week I am in Brazil for work. It is the end of the year and we will present our results on the AEO Brazil project. A very innovative AEO programme that has changed the way of Brazilian import and export.
View from a hotel room in Sao Paulo
It is always a pleasure to be in Brazil. This is a fascinating country. I have so many friends here. I love the country.
Dinner with friends the night before our seminar
This is not a country it is a continent, a slumbering giant that has started to take its place on the global scene – but due to domestic turbulence the last three years has been stuck in limbo.
Sao Paulo often has draught but not this week
I am however absolutely certain that Brazil is on the right track. It will soon raise to its full potential. I have started to see the signs even though there is a way to go and still some challenging times ahead.
Getting ready for the holiday season
But when you travel as much as I do you get a feeling for the trend indicators of a countries future development. I will give you some examples; the planes to Brazil are full again, always. A lot of business travellers. The hotel room prices are going up and are hugher than last year. The currency, reais, has recovered from its worse. The Brazilians are shopping for Xmas like never before….
Merry Xmas Brazil
A country with the potential of Brazil will become a world leader one day. They have everything here. The country is rich on natural resources and has a huge young population. And most important, the people are fantastic. I love the Brazilian people – and culture. People are open and friendly.
I know. The future belongs to Brazil. I will be back next year.
This has been a fantastic year for my new blog here on www.larskarlsson.com.
Over the last months the interest and mumber if visitors has not only increased but almost exploded. The weblog ‘Capacity Now’ has now by far surpassed my old blog, ‘Nothing is impossible’ in popularity.
Last month I had more than 16.000 vistors/readers which is truly amazing.
In November 16.181 people read about capacity building on the blog! Thank you.
I will continue to develop this channel and this arena for information and dialogue about Customs, borders, trade, security, facilitation, development, capacity building, film, music, sports and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. This is a platoform about life. I am glad you like it.
Stay tuned for 2017. It will be an exiting year with some really interesting news.
Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), putting the total number of ratifications from members at 102. Only 8 more ratifications are needed to bring the TFA into force.
The TFA will enter into force once two-thirds of the WTO membership has formally accepted the Agreement.
In addition to Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic, the following WTO members have also accepted the TFA: Hong Kong China, Singapore, the United States, Mauritius, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Botswana, Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Niger, Belize, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, China, Liechtenstein, Lao PDR, New Zealand, Togo, Thailand, the European Union (on behalf of its 28 member states), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Guyana, Côte d’Ivoire, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Kenya, Myanmar, Norway, Viet Nam, Brunei, Ukraine, Zambia, Lesotho, Georgia, Seychelles, Jamaica, Mali, Cambodia, Paraguay, Turkey, Brazil, Macao China, the United Arab Emirates, Samoa, India, the Russian Federation, Montenegro, Albania, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, Madagascar, the Republic of Moldova, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Iceland, Chile, Swaziland, Dominica and Mongolia.
We are soon there! This is the game changer of a century for global trade and development.
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