EU Declaration provided by Ambassador João Aguiar Machado
On behalf of the European Union, I am delighted to take part in the 8th trade policy evaluation of Brazil. I wish to warmly invite Minister Pimentel and his group to Geneva.
Brazil is a tactical partner of the European Union not even if its distinct geographical and financial size on the South American continent, however likewise since it has actually regularly produced a number of the world’s finest diplomats and trade arbitrators. This shows a deep dedication both to open trade and to multilateral organizations. It is no exaggeration to state that your federal government has actually played an essential function in forming the Organisation in which we are pondering today.
Just recently we bade goodbye to my pal and associate Alexandre Parola, to whom we jointly owe a financial obligation of thankfulness, not simply for the eloquence of his declarations and interventions, however likewise for his decision and sense of function in getting in touch with WTO Members to uncover their good sense of function and to check out brand-new methods of negotiating.
The EU is Brazil’s 2nd trading partner, and we are likewise the biggest foreign financier in Brazil, with about 50% of overall stock of foreign direct financial investment in your nation. We have a strong financial relationship and a big stake in your ongoing success.
As you remain in shift to a brand-new federal government after last month’s elections, we would like first off to commemorate the present administration for the procedures taken control of the ins 2015 to help with trade and financial investment, to enhance business environment, to put in location brand-new public procurement guidelines, and to even more open the Brazilian economy to the world. There is constantly more work to do, however we would be remiss in not acknowledging these efforts.
Looking ahead, we invite the chance to continue our engagement with the federal government of Brazil, and will be motivating you as you pursue the objectives of social cohesion, financial stability and a more opening of the economy. The EU will likewise motivate Brazil to deal with a variety of ecological difficulties, especially to reverse the present pattern of increasing logging, and to guarantee that trade does not function as a driver for such logging.
I wish to reveal our assistance for the enhancements tape-recorded in the duration under evaluation. One example are the current procedures in the field of IPR embraced in Brazil, which can be anticipated to decrease the present stockpile of patent applications if the needed resources are devoted. We have likewise warmly invited the actions in the location of IPR enforcement.
At the multilateral level, I want to communicate the EU’s gratitude for Brazil’s long-lasting assistance for a strong WTO, in which the Organisation has the ability to uncover the art of carrying out and concluding settlements effectively.
At the local level, the EU is completely devoted to our contract with MERCOSUR. We are confident that the conditions can be put in location to allow signature in coming months, and eagerly anticipate engagement with the present and inbound administrations to accomplish this.
Chair,
Regardless of the general favorable message I have actually simply offered, we likewise have some issues and I wish to relying on these. I will single out just some, which are of specific interest to EU business and Member States offered the time restraints:
First Off, we wish to motivate you to bear down the method to an efficient and unified application of the import and customizeds treatments. European operators are irritated by difficult, expensive and typically redundant import treatments that need a disproportionately big amount of files. Cutting unneeded bureaucracy is a win-win, as it will decrease the expenditures of federal government while at the exact same time making the economy more competitive.
We wish to stress the value of sharing details on hygienic and phytosanitary matters and resuming our technical discussion, which has actually sadly not happened considering that 2018. This is unfortunately long. Particularly we would motivate Brazil to accelerate the approval of imports from the EU of items of animal and plant origin, the conclusive pre-listing of facilities, and the audits to EU centers. We likewise motivate Brazil to take the needed actions to deal with the EU as a single entity, as rapidly and pragmatically as possible. These are our greatest issues in this important location.
For imported items typically, we eagerly anticipate Brazil’s complete execution of the Single Window Program to help with trade. Our company believe this might result in a decrease in the variety of non-automatic licenses, and help to get rid of a few of the troubles triggered by Brazil’s unduly difficult import licensing system.
Tax discrimination is another location of issue. We would value additional details on Brazil’s present tax reform strategy, including its timeframe. In specific, we would have an interest in understanding how the federal government will deal with existing tax distortions in between imported and domestic items that our company believe lack reason.
In the field of services, we highly motivate Brazil to even more open its markets to foreign business, in specific in the monetary and insurance coverage sectors and the legal occupations, and at the exact same time make development in enhancing the system of shared acknowledgment of expert credentials and diplomas.
A week after the COP27 conference and ahead of the police officer on Biodiversity, we can not stop working to discuss our shared goals in the field of the defense of biodiversity and the immediate battle versus environment modification. We have actually highly invited the speech made at Sharm el Sheikh by your President-elect. Trade and financial investment have a crucial function to play. We motivate Brazil to continue to develop a financial investment environment beneficial to renewable resource and to act to decouple farming production and trade from logging. We are all set to work together with you as you attempt to fulfill this obstacle.
On behalf of the EU, I eagerly anticipate additional exchanges of views throughout this Trade Policy Evaluation, which I want the utmost success. Thank you.
