This study analyses the tariff protection structure that Brazil imposes on intermediate goods, examining its recent development and comparing it with that of selected developing countries, in order to assess whether or not Brazilian protection on this type of products is more restrictive than in...

This article aims to analyze trade and industrial policies in Brazil in light of the normative approach of the global value chains. The analysis of the Brazilian case shows that the policies recently adopted by the country point to the opposite direction from the prescriptions of the global...

The article discusses the implications of the establishment of global value chains on policymaking. The approach of value chains has emphasized the implications of trade policy derived from the diffusion of new production model. In the area of industrial policy, the focus of value chains...

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...

This paper analysis the application of AD measures by Brazil, India and China between 1995 and 2010 and exams the participation of these countries in the trade defense negotiations at the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO). The paper proposes the hypothesis that different decision...

Although the flows of international trade in services remain relatively concentrated in the European Union and the United States, a significant increase in emerging economies participation in them, particularly the BRICS, has been observed in recent years. According to IMF data, the average...

This study objective at investigating the Brazilian soybean complex in the period 1990 to 2006, using the theoretical model of Brander-Spencer (1984) and the instrument of strategies based on game theory. The methodology used to estimate the payoffs of the game between Brazil and the United...

The aim of the study is to estimate the effects of domestic support subsidies from third countries on Brazilian agricultural exports. The study contributes to the existing literature by applying to the dataset the subsidies provided by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...