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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Trade in 2010 between Israel and the other countries that comprise Mercosur, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, reached $1.8 Monsanto is the leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed and provides the technology in 90% of the genetically engineered seeds used in the US market.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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Brazilian President Luiz InĂ¡cio (Lula) da Silva gave Israeli President Shimon Peres his final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay). Israel is the first country outside South America to implement a free trade agreement with the bloc.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

It almost had like a social engineering component to it, as much as it was an algorithmic breakthrough. It was so amazing, like we were trying to send payments into Uruguay to pay people who are listening to their homes on Airbnb. We didn't know what the exchange rate was, we didn't know what their fees were.

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