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Brazil: Government to compensate Canada.
South American Business Information, September, 2000
Tags: Embraer, World Trade Organization
Brazil is still evaluating how to compensate Canada to avoid the US$1.4bil retaliation authorized by WTO (World Trade Organization) due to the struggle between Embraer and Bombardier . The Brazilians Simefre (Sindicato Interestadual da Industria de Materiais e EquipamentosFerroviarios e Rodoviarios) and Abifer (Associacao Brasileira da Industria Ferroviaria) were against any strategy to make easier the imports of railroad vehicles from Canada.
The domestic sector operates with 50% of iddle capacity and according to Simefre registered R$1.2bil in 1999 and the exports reached ...
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