POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Non-Aligned Movement, 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami, Millennium Development Goals
4 Apr 2016
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Portuguese colonized lightly populated brazil in 16th c. Later, brazil took advantage of napoleonic wars to declare independence from the. European power in 1822: country under monarchy. African slaves provided labour to primary product export economy. Struggled with challenges of the military in poliic and democraizaion. Economic policy successes since democraizaion have been ending muli-digit annual inlaion, reigniing growth, and reducing income inequality. Brazil seeking closer ies to south american neighbours. Hemispheric integraions being pursued usa, venezuela, brazil. Bring the legal frameworks of all the hemisphere"s counies into economic regulatory convergence with the generally pro-free enterprise and business friendly rules in the us. Seeks open trade and lower barriers to fdi. Courts run by wto and instead of the host countries who will be based in foreign investors. Summits of america promote a free trade area of the americas, featuring deep economic integraion similar to nafta.
