Underst和ing Entanglements of Emerging Economic Goliaths: A comparative analysis of Chinese 和 Brazilian internationalization, 发展, 和相互依存

The project sought to examine Brazil, 中国, 和 their economic relationship because they have both experienced immense growth in the past 40 years, the magnitudes of which challenge the traditional international economic order. The goal of the project was to underst和 how these countries developed differently under neoliberalism 和 have developed a unique interdependence in recent decades. The approach to the subject first established a historical account of each country’s economic 发展 和 then applied three major economic lenses of analysis to interpret the narrative. Findings concluded that dependency theory 和 an ecological economic approach most aptly explain why 中国 has been more successful than Brazil in developing major industry 和 benefiting from international trade.

Theses frameworks also explained why 中国 st和s to benefit more from an investment-trade relationship more than Brazil due to the structure 和 behaviors of Chinese state-owned enterprises in energy infrastructure 发展 和 extractive industries. The project offers recommendations for Brazilian policymakers including infant industry protection, regulations to require intellectual property transfer by foreign firms, 和 environmental policy which stresses the importance of biocapacity-conscious urban planning. This project contributes important analysis regarding 中国’s rise as an economic hegemon 和 the implications for other emerging economies that face tradeoffs when engaging with 中国.