

After all: Is COVID-19 considered an occupational disease in Brazil?
Não é todo e qualquer caso de covil-19 que pode ser considerado doença ocupacional.


BRAZIL: BREADBASKET OF THE WORLD – A Light Emerges for the Post-Crisis
O comércio com o Mercosul, e a procura de novos mercados deve ser a pauta principal para as empresas brasileiras daqui para frente.


Is it possible to internationalize during the pandemic?
6 aspects that change if your company wants to go global in the near future 2020 was going to be the year for your company. You had already decided to open a business abroad, move with your family to a new country, and grow your company even further. Then the pandemic hit, and your big dream was put “on hold.” As many aspects of our lives are being rethought, this is an excellent time to (re)plan your internationalization. A bit of background… For companies that are already.


What is the situation of foreign trade and international agreements for Brazil at this moment?
A few years ago, we observed some changes in global foreign trade, which is natural, but driven much more by political issues than by other factors. Now, in addition to all those previous factors, we have the pandemic putting a brake on the conventional flow of the system. The whole world used to produce in China—of course, this is a figure of speech, but the reality is not that different—a country that was the epicenter of the emergence and spread of this new virus which, ev


Viking Lessons (from Denmark)
I will never forget the day I was “officially” named a Viking by my friend and CEO of the Pharma Medico Group, the company I work for, while we were returning from the signing of our first distribution contract in Brazil. Our witness was our lawyer, also from Denmark, and the taxi driver, who didn’t seem to grasp the significance of the moment. I have to admit it happened after a bit of insistence on my part and it was all in good fun, but the double challenge—both the work i


Free Trade Agreement – Chile and Brazil
CHILE AND BRAZIL: WITHOUT LIMITS Solid, strategic, and longstanding is the trade relationship maintained between Brazil and Chile. The importance of this large market for Chile is evident, as Brazil is its main partner and the primary destination for Chilean direct investment in the region, with more than US$ 35 billion in accumulated stock, and one of the largest destinations for its products. Thanks to its geographic and demographic dimensions, as well as its productive po


WHAT DOES THE RESULT OF THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS HAVE TO DO WITH OUR TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR?
International VP of IBREI, Arthur Martinho, gives an interview to Revista Costura Perfeita . In the interview given on December 10, 2020, the International VP of IBREI spoke about the results of the American elections and what the textile sector can expect from Joe Biden’s administration. Read the full interview here.


Marcus Vinicius de Freitas: what rules the world?
In 1865, the American William Ross Wallace created a refrain that became a proverb, emphasizing the power of motherhood: Because the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. Wallace understood that the direction of society is shaped within the walls of the home. Mother’s Day was created by Ann Jarvis, who, two years after her mother’s passing, began a campaign to establish the holiday on May 12, 1907. In Brazil, the holiday arrived a few years later, in 19


The LGPD and the Data Privacy Professional
The world was already migrating to a digital revolution, where adaptation to new consumption parameters, interaction with data analysis were necessary, within a corporate Darwinism perspective (whoever adapts survives). In this context, the COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst for this process of transformation of human behavior, by creating new patterns of relationships, whether in the private sphere or in the work environment. Interactions and communications via apps and platfo


Far Beyond the LGPD: Challenges for the ANPD and CNPD
Created in 2018 and enacted in 2019, the ANPD (National Data Protection Authority) is the federal body responsible for supervising and enforcing the LGPD (General Data Protection Law) . Meanwhile, the National Council for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy (CNPD) is an advisory body to the ANPD, composed of both government and civil society members. Its creation is based on Article 58-B of Law No. 13,709/2018 (LGPD – General Data Protection Law) . Among its main re







































