Brazil, Latin America and the China “effect”

In 2000 Brazil’s trade with China constituted 1 percent of its trade portfolio, a mere rounding error in the billions … More

The politics of Sino – Brazilian engagement

The Chinese push into Brazil and Latin America has expanded the continent’s resource base and injected competition into its commodity … More

Chinese firms, mostly state owned enterprises (SOEs), have poured into Brazil, even taking into account the unreliability of FDI measures … More

Trade between Brazil and China has expanded rapidly over the last decade, bilateral trade rose from US $ 6.5 billion … More

If there is one thing which fascinates Emerging Market watchers, it is trying to … More

This year the Panama Canal should see the conclusion of a huge expansion programme costing $5.2 billion that will allow … More

This new report entitled “The Economic Engagement Footprint of Rising Powers in sub-Saharan Africa: Trade, FDI and Aid Flows” published … More

The Presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva saw Brazil dramatically change its international profile, his charismatic leadership saw a … More

Yesterday I spoke with Alexander Jarvis of Blackbridge Cross Borders, the entrepreneur behind the KREOD pavilion to get some updates … More

The last decade witnessed the radically reshaping of Brazilian foreign policy by President Lula. He toured Africa several times to … More