SESSION 1 | BRAZILIAN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL OUTLOOK

The BCCC kicked off the 14th edition of the Doing Business in Brazil with a Panel on Economic and Political Outlook 2020/2021. We put together a great lineup of speakers to talk about the Brazilian path for economic recovery. Our Keynote Speaker, Diogo Mac Cord de Faria, Brazilian Deputy Minister of Privatizations at the Ministry of Economy, highlighted actions taken by the government to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The discussion about the Economic and Political Outlook 2020/2021, was moderated by John Welch, Executive Director of the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce in NY, the Dunn Liberty Fellow in Economics at The King’s College, and Member of the Board of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce, with the participation of Christopher Garman, Managing Director at Eurasia, Andrea Gardella, Senior Economist at Export Development Canada and Otaviano Canuto, Principal, Center for Macroeconomics for Development.