PROGRAM OF WORK - Brazil-US Business Council
PROGRAM OF WORK - Brazil-US Business Council
PROGRAM OF WORK - Brazil-US Business Council
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• Support U.S.-<strong>Brazil</strong> trilateral energy-related cooperation with countries in<br />
Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. BLT<br />
Innovation<br />
• Support the <strong>Brazil</strong>ian private sector-led <strong>Brazil</strong> IP Coalition. GOB<br />
• Work with the <strong>Brazil</strong>ian government to ensure a robust broadband<br />
policy. GOB<br />
• Oppose efforts to weaken intellectual property rights as a result of the<br />
issuance or implementation of compulsory licenses and help facilitate<br />
dialogues to prevent them from being issued. GOB<br />
• Avoid erosion of intellectual property rights protection and of<br />
promotion in the <strong>Brazil</strong>ian Copyright Law reform process as well as in<br />
the approval of the <strong>Brazil</strong>ian Internet Civil Framework Law. GOB<br />
Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B.<br />
Poneman (right) talks to members of the<br />
<strong>Brazil</strong>-U.S. <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Council</strong> in preparation<br />
for the launch of the U.S.-<strong>Brazil</strong> Strategic<br />
Energy Dialogue.<br />
• Raise awareness of the importance of intellectual property rights<br />
promotion and protection. GOB<br />
• Support the implementation of the Patent Prosecution Highway<br />
(PPH) agreement between <strong>Brazil</strong> and the United States. BLT<br />
• Support the creation of a tax credit or exemption to foster corporate<br />
workforce training programs in <strong>Brazil</strong>. GOB<br />
• Avoid <strong>Brazil</strong>ian intellectual property rights-related trade retaliation<br />
connected to the WTO cotton case. <strong>US</strong>G<br />
Tax & Investment<br />
• Support the negotiation of a Bilateral Tax Treaty (BTT) between<br />
<strong>Brazil</strong> and the United States. BLT<br />
<strong>Brazil</strong>’s Energy and Mines Vice<br />
Minister Marcio Zimmermann delivers<br />
opening remarks at the U.S.-<strong>Brazil</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong> Summit.<br />
• Support the approval of the U.S.-<strong>Brazil</strong> Tax Information Exchange<br />
Agreement (TIEA) by the <strong>Brazil</strong>ian Federal Senate. GOB<br />
• Support <strong>Brazil</strong>ian government efforts to update its Transfer Pricing<br />
Law. GOB<br />
• Secure <strong>Brazil</strong>ian National Congress approval of the Tax Mediation Bill<br />
(TMB). GOB<br />
• Oppose discriminatory policies in the areas of insurance and<br />
reinsurance. GOB<br />
• Encourage <strong>Brazil</strong> membership to the Organization for Economic<br />
Cooperation and Development (OECD). MLT<br />
• Promote discussions of a potential Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)<br />
between <strong>Brazil</strong> and the United States. BLT<br />
Carlos Cavalcanti, infrastructure<br />
director of the Federation of Industry<br />
of the State of São Paulo (FIESP),<br />
discusses the bilateral energy<br />
relationship with council delegation<br />
members at a FIESP-hosted breakfast.<br />
2012<br />
<strong>PROGRAM</strong><br />
<strong>OF</strong> <strong>WORK</strong><br />
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