The present work discusses the main economical and institutional problems that involve Brazilian ports. Firstly, we characterize the Brazilian ports` segment, presenting the main concepts and the current model. Next, we present a short analysis of the main laws which regulate the sector. Then,...

This paper aims to analyze how the waves of regionalism represented changes in the way trade policy has been conducted, expanding the game of political negotiation with variable geometry and determining its influence on the political regulation of international trade. To do so, the concept and a...

Production fragmentation - dispersion of the individual steps involved in the production of a particular good across different countries and several companies - means that the fabrication of an increasingly large number of goods is taking place in global value chains, with different patterns of...

This article draws from the recent literature on non-tariff measures to provide an overview of the analysis of these measures, addressing its definition and classification, as well as some recent evidence on its use in the world and in Brazil. Non-tariff measures are defined as any policy...

One of the main objectives of the Bretton Woods negotiations was to guarantee the firm control over competitive exchange rate devaluations, which had worsened the effects of the economic crisis of the 1930s. The par value exchange rate system was thus created, representing a link between the...

This article aims to develop an analysis of the regulatory coherence of theme related to technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The work outlines the rights and obligations of those most relevant chapters,...

The main objective in this study is to analyze the sources of growth of Brazilian exports of soybeans, maize, sugar, wheat, orange, cotton, coffee and meat (beef, pork and poultry) during 1992 to 2013. The methodological procedures involved the application of Constant Market Share model to...

The real exchange rate (RER) can be considered one of the most important relative price of economics, given the influence it exerts on many other prices and variables, and may be overvalued, among other factors, as a symptom of the existence of a Dutch disease process. Thus, seeking to prove...

This study aims to analyze empirically the interactions between exchange rate behavior and the performance of Brazilian foreign trade. First, the empirical literature on the subject is reviewed, in order to elucidate methodological issues such as appropriate model type, identification strategy,...

Recent studies have called attention that China may limit the export diversification and technological upgrading of countries such as Brazil, in its traditional markets for manufactures. The aim of the research is to estimate the displacement of Brazilian exports by China in the markets of South...