20 years ago, Brazil, for the first time ever, had a president aligned with left-wing ideals. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in power as the leader of the PT – the Brazilian Labour Party.
Interview with Nuno Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce of São Paulo Son of the current president of Portugal, Nuno Rebelo de Sousa is president of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce of São Paulo, chaired the Federation of Portuguese Chambers of Commerce in Brazil from 2016 to 2020 and is director of FIESP SMEs e Startups. Nuno assists companies trying to enter the Brazilian market and achieve business success, despite challenges such as the lack of government incentives, its continental size and inherent logistical challenge, and an unstable exchange rate.
Interview with António Martins da Costa, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Portugal (AmCham Portugal) António Martins da Costa, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Portugal, talks about AmCham Portugal and the path followed since it was established, seven decades ago, up to the present day, having become a true two-way highway. With the primary objective of boosting American investment and trade in Portugal, it began at some point supporting also Portuguese trade and investment in the USA.
It all started 22 years ago on Madison Avenue. Three of the world’s most senior financial PR professionals met to discuss a ground-breaking alliance, that would change the shape of the communications industry.
Over two days in late April 2023, The Economist spent over eight hours in conversation with Dr Kissinger. Just weeks before his 100th birthday, the former secretary of state and national security adviser laid out his concerns about the risks of great power conflict and offered solutions for how to avoid it. This is a transcript of the conversation, lightly edited for clarity.
A new geopolitical and economic order is being written through the emergence of China as an economic, military and diplomatic superpower and threatening the status of the United States. We are heading towards a multipolar world in which the search for strategic autonomy is changing the dynamics of international trade for the worse. Nothing will be more determinant to the world’s destiny over forthcoming years than the relationship between Beijing and Washington. Europe risks being a mere bystander.