CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

The DOC has issued a new interim final rule aimed at securing the U.S. information and communications technology and services supply chain. Slated to enter into force on 22 March, the rule creates the processes and procedures that the U.S. Secretary of Commerce will use to identify, assess and address certain transactions between U.S. and foreign persons that (i) involve ICTS designed, developed, manufactured or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by More

The Office of Foreign Assets Control on 30 November included mainland China’s CEIEC in the SDN List for having materially assisted, sponsored or provided financial, material or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Venezuela. More

Brazilian exporter Mercosul International has been doing business in Hong Kong and mainland China for more than two decades. The man driving its business here and across the Asia-Pacific region believes the Greater Bay Area Initiative has the potential to deliver positive economic results in uncertain times. More

Over the course of its 80-year history, Banco Bradesco, Brazil’s second largest bank, has built up an intimate knowledge of the nation’s economy and business investment environment. However, the bank is now growing beyond its core markets and expanding into Asia: Having established a base in Hong Kong for its Asia-Pacific operations in late 2019, it intends to take advantage of the Greater Bay Area growth potential to boost its strategy in this part of the world. More