Structural Changes in the Brazilian Economy

the China factor as a driver of national deindustrialization

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2525-5584.2020v5n3.54176

Keywords:

Deindustrialization; Foreign policy, Brazil.

Abstract

The international economy has been marked by economic globalization, since the 1970s. This process took place through global productive and financial internationalization. Such phenomena are linked to the beginning of the transfer of the manufacturing industry to Asia. In other words, they are directly related to the relevant changes in the global production structure; which led to the end of local value chains and the rise of global value chains (CGVs), thus representing the productive face of economic globalization. In this context, the Brazilian economy undergoes a significant structural change in the last three decades. In the 2000s, Sino-Brazilian relations intensified. Thus, this article aims to analyze how this process begins, the influence of the Chinese economy in this change and how the formulation of foreign policy between the years 2003 to 2015 was used to face the structural change underway in Brazil. It was found that measures were taken to stimulate the industrial sector, but given the complexity of the phenomenon, structural change has advanced.

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Author Biographies

Jacqueline A. Haffner, UFRGS

Dr. Jacqueline A. Haffner, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and International Relations, of postgraduate Program in International Strategic Studies (PPGEEI) of the Department of Economics and International Relations at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS. Member of the BRICS Research Group (NEBRICS-UFRGS).

Marcel Jaroski Barbosa, UFRGS

Mestre em Economia, Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Estrátegicos Internacionais (PPGEEI) do Departamento de Economia e Relações Internacionais da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).  Integrante do Núcleo de Pesquisa do (NEBRICS-UFRGS).

 

Published

2020-12-28