A Parceria estratégica sino-brasileira: Uma análise da cooperação e de seus eventuais riscos

Abstract

With the uprising of contemporary agendas to the political and economic scenery of the world-system, the feasibility of new guidelines for the diplomacy of peripheric states became evident through the South-South Cooperation. An example of which was the formalization of Sino-Brazilian relationship, through Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Prime-Minister Zhou Rongji‘s visit to Brazil in 1993, and the officialization of a strategic partnership, fortified by the visit of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to China in 1995, and the support offered by Brazil to China‘s accession to the World Trade Organization. Thus, this study has the intent of assess the extension of said partnership, its implications to the Brazilian economy, and examine the dimension of the enhancement in Brazil-China relationship intra-BRICS. Utilizing data acquired from both Brazil and China‘s the trade balance, in addition to official documents issued by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the formulation of informative and comparative graphics. Historiography and the analysis of Brazil and China‘s external politics in this interim were also explored for a more accurate elucidation of this study. Thereafter, it can be concluded that Brazil faces an unfavorable economic conjuncture, in consequence of the deindustrialization phenomena, the reprimarization of its economy, and the deficiencies in national development policies.