Brazil announced during the G-20 summit that the country will invest U.S. $ 906.5 billion in structural reforms and infrastructure. It is clear that Brazil needs to overcome its bottlenecks in logistics and to reduce manufacturing costs. Industry competitiveness in the next years depend on that.
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Brazilian Transnational Companies are debated in Paris at the CERALE
A very interesting conference took place yesterday evening at the Centre d’Etudes et Recherche Amérique Latine en Europe (CERALE). Background of the discussion The Brazilian economy performed very well during the 2007/8 financial crisis. The impact of the crisis did no last for a long period and the economic policy implemented to offset the impactContinue reading “Brazilian Transnational Companies are debated in Paris at the CERALE”
U.S. already exports more ethanol than Brazil says Journal Estado de São Paulo
EUA já exportam mais etanol que o Brasil Jamil Chade O Estado de Sao Paulo 02 Nov 2010 O Brasil já tem sua tradicional posição de maior exportador de etanol do mundo seriamente ameaçada. O País foi superado no final do primeiro semestre pelos Estados Unidos em vendas e analistas já apontam que aContinue reading “U.S. already exports more ethanol than Brazil says Journal Estado de São Paulo”
Dilma president of Brazil. Now what?
Dilma Rousseff will be the first woman president of the history of Brazil. She won the run-off presidential election against Mr. José Serra, candidate of opposition and former minister of Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The press and financial analysts start to wonder what her administration will be like. Here are my first readings and thoughts. Analysts expectContinue reading “Dilma president of Brazil. Now what?”
The Economist on Vale
The Economist has a nice piece on Vale, which emphasizes the economic relationship with China, and the internal political pressures to give ship building contracts to Brazilian firms. IT IS perhaps the biggest firm you have never heard of. The Boston Consulting Group says it has created more value than any other large firm inContinue reading “The Economist on Vale”
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