In 2000 Brazil’s trade with China constituted 1 percent of its trade portfolio, a mere rounding error in the billions that make up international trade,…
The Chinese push into Brazil and Latin America has expanded the continent’s resource base and injected competition into its commodity sector, as investors from China…
Chinese firms, mostly state owned enterprises (SOEs), have poured into Brazil, even taking into account the unreliability of FDI measures the figures are impressive (US…
Trade between Brazil and China has expanded rapidly over the last decade, bilateral trade rose from US $ 6.5 billion in 2003 to US $…
If there is one thing which fascinates Emerging Market watchers, it is trying to predict which economies which will…
This year the Panama Canal should see the conclusion of a huge expansion programme costing $5.2 billion that will allow ships double the size of…
This new report entitled “The Economic Engagement Footprint of Rising Powers in sub-Saharan Africa: Trade, FDI and Aid Flows” published by the Institute of Development…
The Presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva saw Brazil dramatically change its international profile, his charismatic leadership saw a transformation of the Brazilian economy…
Yesterday I spoke with Alexander Jarvis of Blackbridge Cross Borders, the entrepreneur behind the KREOD pavilion to get some updates on the launch event next…
The last decade witnessed the radically reshaping of Brazilian foreign policy by President Lula. He toured Africa several times to meet with heads of state,…