Includes information on acceptable business etiquette, dress, business cards, gifts, etc.
Last Published: 6/15/2016

STP inherited the Portuguese legal system after independence in 1975.  Business law is mostly based on Portuguese law, and business customs are similar to those in Europe and the United States.

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