Tampa trade mission heads to Brazil

TAMPA — Mayor Bob Buckhorn will lead an October trade mission to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to promote export opportunities for Tampa Bay area businesses.

The trip is intended to expand the region's global trade relationship with Latin America and attract job-creating foreign direct investment in Hillsborough County.

Building a stronger partnership with Brazil, the sixth-largest country in the world, can drive economic development in the Bay area, Buckhorn says in a news release.