Abstract, China Rising: Threats and Opportunities for Brazil by Marcelo Curado

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Abstract:  China Rising: Threats and Opportunities for Brazil 

by Marcelo Curado

China’s economic rise has caused a radical change in the operating conditions of the capitalist system and opened a wide range of opportunities and challenges for Brazil’s development. The Brazilian productive structure is going through great changes, key among them being the loss of importance of the manufacturing industry in job creation and in total GDP, and the efforts of Brazilian capitalists to promote investment and innovation have fallen short. The latter is a key element for an understanding of Brazilian industry’s weak participation in the highly competitive international scene. These opportunities and challenges can only be adequately addressed by the maintenance and expansion of the planning efforts of the state.

Abstract, Is Chinese Competition Causing Deindustrialization in Brazil? by Rhys Jenkins

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Abstract, Is Chinese Competition Causing Deindustrialization in Brazil? 

by Rhys Jenkins

There has been a lively debate in Brazil in recent years, involving sectors of business, the labor movement, and academics, over deindustrialization and the future of the manufacturing sector. This is often linked to the growing relation between Brazil and China, which is now the country’s most significant trade partner. Brazil has experienced relative deindustrialization in the sense of a declining share of the manufacturing sector in gross domestic product that is mainly attributable to the changes in the country’s trade balance in manufactures. The direct and indirect impacts of China on Brazilian manufacturing have contributed to this relative deindustrialization and the “primarization” of Brazilian exports through competition in the domestic market and in exports.

Abstract, China Rising: Threats and Opportunities for Brazil by Marcelo Curado

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Abstract:  China Rising: Threats and Opportunities for Brazil 

by Marcelo Curado

China’s economic rise has caused a radical change in the operating conditions of the capitalist system and opened a wide range of opportunities and challenges for Brazil’s development. The Brazilian productive structure is going through great changes, key among them being the loss of importance of the manufacturing industry in job creation and in total GDP, and the efforts of Brazilian capitalists to promote investment and innovation have fallen short. The latter is a key element for an understanding of Brazilian industry’s weak participation in the highly competitive international scene. These opportunities and challenges can only be adequately addressed by the maintenance and expansion of the planning efforts of the state.