Opportunities and Challenges to strengthen bilateral agri-food trade: the Brazilian perspective

• Autor(a) principal: Jank, Marcos Sawaya
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Miranda, Sílvia, Helena Galvão de, Soendergaard, Niels
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do INSPER
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.insper.edu.br/handle/11224/4728
• topic: Agricultura; Alimentos; Brasil; China; Comércio internacional; Relações econômicas internacionais; Segurança alimentar; Infraestrutura; Investimentos; Bioenergia; Sustentabilidade

In recent decades, both China and Brazil have assumed roles as global agri-food players. China has been very active in proposing different partnership modalities and trade agreements with various countries. In the following chapter, we conduct an analysis of a series of determinant factors for the agricultural trade between Brazil and China, which, briefly summarized, contains: 1) An assessment of the evolution of bilateral trade, and a description of products traded, underlining strategic points related to the kinds of goods exchanged today and possibilities for the future. 2) A description and critical examination of the trade policy regarding the agri-food sector bilateral trade flows, and a broader overview in terms of international relations and trade policy. 3) A discussion of the trade and cooperation agreements signed by both countries, as well as others that are currently under negotiation with third countries, particularly the Economic and Trade Agreement between the United States and China (Phase One) signed on January 15th 2020, and its potential impacts on Brazilian agri-food exports to China. 4) A description and critical discussion of trade barriers and other policies affecting Brazilian agribusiness’ market access in China, such as tariffs and sanitary, technical, and other non-tariff measures. We also highlight recent developments in terms of labor and environmental regulation in China and in Brazil, which might be decisive for future market access. Finally, this chapter highlights issues of increasing importance within international trade policy concerning supply and value chains, and discusses potential threats to Brazilian exports to China, as well as tools that might be promoted to guarantee a successful and sustainable trade partnership.