White House Official Discusses Regulatory Reform with Brazilian Counterparts

On Aug. 17, Dominic Mancini, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) ‎spoke at the Rio Grande do Sul Federation of Industries (FIERGS) on U.S.-Brazil international regulatory cooperation for an audience of 40 representatives from various industrial sectors. At FIERGS, he also participated in a roundtable on regulatory process and legal issues for representatives from the government, industry, agriculture, and service sectors. In addition, Mancini had lunch with a group of FIERGS board members, including the Vice President for Foreign Trade as well as the Directors for International Relations and International Negotiations.

Dominic Mancini speaks at Rio Grande do Sul Federation of Industries
Dominic Mancini speaks at Rio Grande do Sul Federation of Industries

On Aug. 18, Mancini met with a group of officials, academics and researchers at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC/RS) and PUC’s Tech Park (TECNOPUC) to discuss regulatory cooperation and policies for innovation, IP, R&D, science and technology. During a one day stop in Sao Paulo, he met with representatives of the business and academic communities to discuss opportunities for continuing regulatory cooperation between the United States and Brazil.