Winning at the WTO: the development of a trade policy community within Brazil

Shaffer, Gregory; Badin, Michelle Ratton Sanchez; Rosenberg, Barbara Hatch

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511663192.003

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“…They began mimicking the tight relationships with experts that enabled their Northern competitors to be successful in navigating the bureaucracies of institutions such as the World Trade Organization, which regulate global trade (Shaffer et al. ). For the industry, this meant working with government representatives to develop “research and more research,” as a lobbyist from a major sugarcane association said during our interview.…”

Section: Making the Science–industry Biofuel Research Nexusmentioning

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The “Difficult Game” of Selling Brazilian Ethanol: Untangling Science–Business Relationships in the Global Biofuel Policy Nexus

Newberry

2015

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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R e s u m e n O etanol brasileiro tem sido criticado por seus potenciais contribuiçõesà mudança climática, criando uma controvérsia científica com grandes implicações econômicas, sendo que o resultado vai afeitar políticas globais que regulam exportações dessa energia. Os cientistas brasileiros envolvidos neste conflito político são vistos como motivados por interesses econômicos e nacionais, devidoà sua colaboração com representantes da indústria de cana de açúcar em influenciar a política internacional de biocombustíveis. Proponho que esse alinhamentoé um fenômeno emergente queé formado pelo envolvimento desses cientistas num processo político queé percebido como dominado pelas preocupações e normas dos participantes americanos e europeios. Definindo redes de políticas internacionais assim, como ambientes institucionais que influenciam e restringem ativamente os interesses dos atores envolvidos, teremos uma análise maisútil de como "interesses brasileiros" em relação a questões como a produção de energia e mudança climática são formados e traduzidos em políticas públicas. [agricultura, Brasil, ecologia/meio-ambiente, política] A b s t r a c tBrazilian sugarcane ethanol has come under criticism for its potential climate change impacts, creating a scientific controversy with major economic implications, as the outcome will shape trade policy regulating ethanol exports. The Brazilian scientists involved in this political struggle are often seen as motivated by predetermined economic and national interests due to their collaboration with sugarcane industry representatives in influencing international biofuel policy. I argue that their alignment is ratherThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 308-326. ISSN 1935-4932, online ISSN 1935-4940. C 308J o u r n a l o f L a t i n A m e r i c a n a n d C a r i b b e a n A n t h r o p o l o g y

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Section: Making the Science–industry Biofuel Research Nexusmentioning

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The “Difficult Game” of Selling Brazilian Ethanol: Untangling Science–Business Relationships in the Global Biofuel Policy Nexus

Newberry

2015

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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“…Brazil's efforts to bring such high-profile contentious issues before the WTO's dispute settlement system led to increased leverage for it as a negotiator in the Doha Round, reaffirming its leadership in the 'G-20 of developing countries', an informal coalition which it had co-established with India and South Africa. 77 Moreover, Brazil's harder negotiation position during the Lula administration vis-à-vis the EU in the Doha Round was arguably one of the main reasons why Brussels decided to establish the EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership. 78 Apart from these external aspects, WTO litigation also contains a domestic leverage dimension for Brazil.…”

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EU-Brazil Relations at the World Trade Organization: Dispute Settlement as Leverage

2013

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This paper addresses how Brazil's use of the WTO dispute settlement vis-à-vis the EU has an impact on trade relations between both parties. After describing their economic relationship, it is demonstrated that Brazil and the EU are not only successful and avid users of the dispute settlement system, but are also striving to strengthen its judicialization. Together with indirect economic advantages and agenda-setting capacities, the judicialization of the WTO dispute settlement system can be considered factors by which Brazil relatively strengthened its position vis-à-vis the EU. However, the final section of the paper demonstrates how tensions within Mercosur, the rise of mega-regionalism and the prioritization of the EU's negotiation capacity towards the U.S. and Japan, undermine Brazil's position in trade relations with the EU.

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“…Brazil has become a sizeable food exporter in recent decades, and the country has gained leverage within spheres of global agricultural governance. Efforts to influence international processes of agricultural policy-making have enjoyed strong domestic backing from various public and private entities engaging in new interrelationships to enhance foreign market access of the Brazilian agribusiness (Carvalho, 2003;Shaffer et al, 2010). In this study, we identify the emergence and gradual consolidation of an 'agro-export policy network' since the 1990s.…”

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“…These contributions have often been structured as case studies, with a focus on the WTO system. Shaffer et al (2010) undertake a longitudinal analysis of the development of Brazilian trade policy networks, mainly through an empirical focus. We contribute to existing knowledge by focusing on the establishment of a Brazilian policy network set on increasing global market access in the field of agriculture.…”

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Reshaping the Policy Arena: How the Agro-Export Policy Network Propelled Brazil within Global Agricultural Governance

Søndergaard

Silva

2019

World Trade Review

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The article analyzes how Brazil has become an increasingly active voice for liberalization within global spheres of agricultural governance. With the focus on domestic institutional developments, we identify the gradual materialization of an agro-export policy network consisting of public and private actors. We conduct a periodization of the overarching phases of the policy network's development, from its incipient formation during the Uruguay Round to a high degree of organizational refinement in the new millennium. Through analysis of its external linkages, internal structure, and the distribution of resources, we examine how this network became an absolutely central factor in spurring the offensive orientation and assertive engagement of Brazil within the global agricultural policy arena. We thereby provide a domestically rooted explanation for the rise of Brazil as a central agricultural ‘player’, with the focus on the collective agency capacity of public and private stakeholders.

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Winning at the WTO: the development of a trade policy community within Brazil

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

The “Difficult Game” of Selling Brazilian Ethanol: Untangling Science–Business Relationships in the Global Biofuel Policy Nexus

The “Difficult Game” of Selling Brazilian Ethanol: Untangling Science–Business Relationships in the Global Biofuel Policy Nexus

EU-Brazil Relations at the World Trade Organization: Dispute Settlement as Leverage

Reshaping the Policy Arena: How the Agro-Export Policy Network Propelled Brazil within Global Agricultural Governance

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