The Government of Brazil has initiated a public consultation offering companies, business associations or civil society organizations an opportunity to comment on the country’s proposed new foreign trade strategy.

The consultation was initiated by the Foreign Trade Board (CAMEX), Brazil’s federal government interagency mechanism to coordinate the country’s trade policy.  CAMEX is part of the Executive Office of the President and chaired by the Vice-President.  It was recently reorganized and strengthened by Decree 11428 of March 2, 2023.

The public consultation is open until December 6, 2023.  Its scope includes measures in five areas:

  1. Export competitiveness;
  2. Economic integration;
  3. Trade facilitation and reduction of bureaucracy;
  4. Trade and sustainability; and
  5. Remedies for illegal and unfair trade practices.

Covington’s Public Policy team is ready to support clients interested in submitting comments or suggestions.

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Diego Bonomo is a senior advisor in the firm’s London office. Diego, a non-lawyer, has more than 25 years of Brazil regulatory, trade, and foreign affairs experience at leading business associations, think tanks, companies, and academic institutions. Diego also served in the Brazilian…

Diego Bonomo is a senior advisor in the firm’s London office. Diego, a non-lawyer, has more than 25 years of Brazil regulatory, trade, and foreign affairs experience at leading business associations, think tanks, companies, and academic institutions. Diego also served in the Brazilian government.

Before joining the firm, Diego was Team Leader of the Brazil Trade Facilitation Program at Palladium and Executive Manager of International Affairs at Brazil’s National Confederation of Industry — CNI. At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, he served as Senior Director of the International Division and Senior Director for Policy of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council. Diego also was Executive Director of the Brazil Industries Coalition — BIC, the leading Brazilian business coalition in the United States, and General Coordinator of Foreign and Trade Affairs at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo — FIESP. He previously served in the Office of the President of Brazil as advisor to the Minister of Long-Term Planning.

Diego holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in international relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.

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