Brazil-AD-2010

[|Brazil Flag] **Primary Doc A:** **[|Marina Wentzel Interveiw about Brasil and China relations]** This was an interveiw made by BBC and directed to Marina Wentzel to fully understand Brazil's relationship with China. Even though China and Brazil are far away from each other, a Chinese airline has agreed to buy Brazilian airplanes worth $2.7 billion. This is a good example of economic interdependence. China is helping a Brazilian company make profit. Brazil exported $8.4 billion of goods to China and imported almost $8 billion from China.
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**[|Brazil and Africa]** Brazil spends five billion dollars a year on trade to Africa. Brazil is looking on expanding it's trading with Africa. This is an example of Africa interdepending on Brazil economically. Without the trade of products Brazil is bringing in to the countries in Africa, the African countries economy's would suffer. In Angola, Brazilian companies made contracts for a $150 million water supply project and is trying to make businesses in the cellphone, urban transport and timber processing sections.
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**Artifact A:** **[|Brazil and United Nations/ Refugees]** This Article describes the way Brazil and the United Nations are dealing with refugees. Brazil sign a treaty to accept people in their country that have suffered from natural disasters, or from war. This past year Brazil has also donated 3.2 million dollars to the United Nations Refugee Agency. This is an example of Social interdependence from Brazil. Countries that are destroyed ethier by weather or by war can rely that Brazil will take in their citizens. **Artifact B:** **[|Brazil and Japan Interdependence]** This Article explains the relationship Brazil and Japan have for each other. It states that Brazil has taken a hit from the fall of Japan. This is so because Brazil and Japan have a strong economic interdependence. Brazil has the largest number of Japanese living in the same area of any country but Japan. The Japenese allowed Brazil to increase job production, by bringing in goods. **Artifact C:** **[|Brazil and Middle East]** Brazil is entering into the Middle East for economical and political power. They are looking for economical power by wanting to trade products with countries. Brazil alreadiy is an elite producer in oil. It wouldn't make sense to gain economical power by being the number one importer of oil from the Middle East. The Middle East has interdependence with Brazil for products such as coffee, ethanol, sugar, and meat. Positive Brazilian talks to either the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Iran's stand-off with the west could lead to high political gains.