Brazil x China Trade Frictions: Overview and a brief case analysis

Authors

  • Omar Rodrigo Ribeiro Silva Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg/Germany); Wuhan University of Science and Technology (Wuhan/China)
  • Zheng Yueming Wuhan University of Science and Technology (Wuhan/China)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2014v3i1.p10-18

Abstract

The present article aims to describe the current market and economical reality regarding international trade and its imperfections (frictions) confronting China, specially those originated in one of its largest commercial partners, Brazil. Through an empirical research, this paper displays, under a brief descriptive perspective, the historical constructs that formed today's economical reality of both countries and, in a quantitative manner, the existing frictions between the former.

Key-Words: Trade frictions; Brazil x China; Trade barriers; Cellulose industry.

Author Biographies

Omar Rodrigo Ribeiro Silva, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg/Germany); Wuhan University of Science and Technology (Wuhan/China)

Student in a Double Degree Master Program, MBA in International Business - Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg/Germany); and Master in Political Economics - Wuhan University of Science and Technology (Wuhan/China).

Zheng Yueming, Wuhan University of Science and Technology (Wuhan/China)

PhD in Quantitative Economics at Huzhong University of Science and Technology - HUST (Wuhan/ China). Associate Professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology (Wuhan/China).

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2014-06-16

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SILVA, Omar Rodrigo Ribeiro; YUEMING, Zheng. Brazil x China Trade Frictions: Overview and a brief case analysis. Fronteiras - Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 1, p. 10–18, 2014. DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869.2014v3i1.p10-18. Disponível em: https://revistas2.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/777. Acesso em: 14 nov. 2024.

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2014): FRONTEIRAS - ISSN 2238-8869

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