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On July 16th, 2020, the Brazilian Ministry of Economy (SEAE/ME) has published two Public Consultations with regards to official guidances. These shall offer opportunities for the private sector and society to indicate the legislations that seem to rely on unfounded requirements and processes - thus possessing barriers to doing business.

Following the start of the new presidency of INMETRO, a working group was created on 10 June 2020 to advise INMETRO on modernising its regulatory model.

The Federation of German Industries (BDI) has announced the suspension of the 38th German-Brazilian Business Days (DBWT), previously scheduled to take place from August 26th-28th, 2020 in Munich. With the cancellation of the DBWT 2020, GPQI together with BMWi and the Brazilian Ministry for Economy (ME) is now analyzing alternative scenarios for holding the Annual Meeting 2020.

The Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) have simplified for six months the requirements for manufacturing, importing and purchasing priority medical devices for use in the context of combating the Coronavirus Pandemic by a normative issued on March 23, 2020.

The recent Brazilian policy response to COVID-19 has been selected as one best practice example of current government efforts to securing cross-boarder trade, as published by the World Bank note "Managing Risk and Facilitating Trade in the Covid-19 Pandemic". The resolution simplifies the customs clearance processes for articles used to combat the spread of COVID-19.

The Brazilian government has announced a set of measures to adjust its regulatory framework to the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). These are part of a series of strategic actions adopted by the Brazilian government aiming to enable rapid and large-volume access to products that can be used to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.

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