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Brazil and the Belt and Road Initiative

In: Belt and Road Initiative in South America

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  • Lunting Wu

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

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This section begins with a presentation of Brazil’s non-engagement with the BRI: (a) the BRI has never been on the policy agenda from the Brazilian side; (b) no institutions have been created to align with the BRI; (c) officials have maintained a deliberate distance from the BRI; (d) no supplementary agreement or projects have been considered as BRI-related. Why is it the case? According to the theoretical framework, I argue that the Brazilian business groups have mixed perception of the BRI. This leads to low intensity of business interests. In terms of the state structure, the diplomatic bureaucracy is the foreign policy decision-making locus in Brazil. This entails that Itamaraty can determine its preferred foreign policy in the absence of intense business preferences. This is especially the case when it comes to non-binding international cooperative arrangements like the BRI. For their part, Brazilian foreign policymakers view the BRI as a Sino-centric initiative in which Brazil would enjoy no equal footing with Beijing. Also, they have not seen in the BRI any added value to the already sophisticated, high-level, and institutionalised bilateral Sino-Brazil relations. As such, bureaucracy preferences for a non-engagement approach towards the BRI has transcended different governments, and has been a constant state preference.

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  • Lunting Wu, 2024. "Brazil and the Belt and Road Initiative," Springer Books, in: Belt and Road Initiative in South America, chapter 0, pages 165-228, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-97-1545-9_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-1545-9_5
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