{"id":205403,"date":"2018-12-04T18:45:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T21:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=205403"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:59:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:59:22","slug":"event-covered-brazilian-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/event-covered-brazilian-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Event covered Brazilian foreign policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil\u2019s International Relations and Foreign Trade Institute (Instituto de Rela\u00e7\u00f5es Internacionais e Com\u00e9rcio Exterior – Irice) hosted an event this Tuesday (4) to discuss foreign policy challenges facing the incoming administration. The panels were held at the\u00a0Arab Chamber Space, in the offices of the\u00a0Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a> on S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Avenida Paulista.<\/p>\n

Panels included \u201cDomestic scenario and external perception,\u201d \u201cFinding a place for Brazil in the world to matchits status as one of the ten biggest economies in the world,\u201d and \u201cThe struggle for hegemony between United States and China in the 21st<\/sup> century.\u201d Panelists included ambassador and Irice chairman Rubens Barbosa; ambassador and Arab Chamber International Relations vice president Osmar Chohfi; USP International Conjuncture Analysis Group (Gacint) coordinator Alberto Pfeifer; the coordinator of the Center for International Trade and Investment Studies (CCGI) of the S\u00e3o Paulo School of Economics at Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Get\u00falio Vargas (EESP-FGV), Vera Thorstensen; economist Roberto Luis Troster; and Fabiana D\u2019Atri, economist and coordinator of bank Bradesco\u2019s Department of Economic Research and Studies. In the audience were the ambassador of Bolivia to Brazil, Jos\u00e9 Kinn Franco; Arab Chamber interim CEO Tamer Mansour; and a delegation from the Arab-Mozambican Chamber. Pictured above from left to right are Thorstensen, Chohfi and Barbosa.<\/p>\n

Barbosa, a former ambassador of Brazil in Washington, the new administration needs social security and tax reforms in order to narrow the credibility gap facing Brazil on a global level. He also said foreign policy grew \u201cless partisan\u201d during the Temer administration, and that \u201ceconomic distortions\u201d were addressed in the last two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cOut there they are waiting to see what will happen in here,\u201d the ambassador said. According to him, it\u2019s unheard-of for an openly right-wing, economically liberal politician to be elected president in Brazil. \u201cThis agenda of social conservatism is not exclusive to Brazil. It\u2019s a global movement that\u2019s growing stronger in the United States, Germany, Italy and Poland,\u201d for instance, he said, referencing Brazil\u2019s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n

Barbosa said the new administration will be inaugurated amid a turbulent, unpredictable international scenario, as globalization comes \u201cunder attack.\u201d He believes the government must work to get Brazil to its rightful place as one of the ten biggest economies in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe job of Brazil\u2019s Foreign Ministry and government as of January 1st<\/sup> is twofold. Firstly, they must reinsert Brazil into the dynamic flow of economics and international trade. Secondly, they must strengthen Brazil\u2019s voice in the international scenario, in international organizations, while always looking out for Brazil\u2019s best interests,\u201d the diplomat said. He explained that in order to do so, the administration needs to prioritize and decide on what it expects from its relations with the United States, the European Union, China, the Mercosur and particularly the BRICS.<\/p>\n

Regarding the moving of Brazil\u2019s Embassy in Israel, Barbosa said it is time for caution. \u201cI have been refusing to discuss things that were said during and after campaign, both by the president-elect, his son (Eduardo) and the vice president (Mour\u00e3o). I\u2019m yet to hear the Foreign Minister (Ernesto Ara\u00fajo) speak, so I\u2019d rather wait. After all, he will be the leader of Brazilian diplomacy. It\u2019s one thing for you to blog about globalism, the environment or Trump as your personal opinion. It\u2019s something else to translate those generalist notions into actual acts of foreign policy. The principle is one thing, the practice is another,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Scenario<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pfeifer gave an overview of Brazil\u2019s political scenario since the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff, in 2016, until now, with Bolsonaro as the president-elect. He commented on \u201cBolsonaro\u2019s new style of communication,\u201d i.e. on social media, and the renewal of politicians in the two Legislative Houses \u2013 the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. He said the [Legislative, Judicial and Executive] Powers must be respected; that the \u201cpresident-elect is of the anti-globalist neo-pentecostalist style;\u201d and mentioned the fact that several military officials have been named for ministries. He went on to say that minister of Economy-to-be Paulo Guedes might interfere with Brazilian foreign relations, and discussed Bolsonaro\u2019s alignment with the United States and its president Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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