di Joao Vitor Rodrigues
SAN PAOLO DEL BRASILE – One day after the inauguration of the American president, Joe Biden, Brazil is already beginning to signal changes in its international stance. In an article published by the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, the consultancy at the Planalto Palace informed that the Bolsonaro government will adopt a more “friendly” tone with the Chinese company Huawei, which wishes to participate in the implementation of 5g technology in the country. This measure was also taken to encourage China’s import of inputs for the production of the vaccine.
In addition, President Jair Bolsonaro sent a letter to the American President congratulating him on his inauguration. Which represents yet another indication of this change, as explained in an interview with the news agency DIRE, the Doctor in International Relations and professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Pedro Brites. “Now, more specifically, in view of the letter that Bolsonaro sent to Baiden, congratulating him on his inauguration, it already seems to me a demonstration that there is an intention of the government of ‘ok, but we have to reposition ourselves now. How are we going to deal with it? ‘And, at the same time, Brazil has put itself in a situation of tensions with the United States in the context of the new government, and tensions with China, simultaneously. So, effectively, it seems to me that the government will have to adopt a new strategy level “.
Brites analyzes that, if the country does not revise its foreign policy, the scenario will be unfavorable for the growth of exports and of bi and multilateral relations. “Brazil had been looking for an international position very closely linked to the Trump administration and, in some moments, distancing itself from international institutions. It seems to me that it will have to fall into line again or it will have to find the way to survive in the face of this panorama. I think that, in more emergency issues such as climate,