Weekly Report - 02 November 2017 (WR-17-43)

Brazil’s federal senate has approved a watered-down version of a bill to regulate app-based transport services like Uber. After being lobbied by Uber, senators approved a heavily amended bill by 46 votes to 10 in the 81-seat chamber, which worked out significantly better for the company than the original version would have done. It now goes back to the federal chamber of deputies for analysis.