Heine Offers Insights into Brazilian Run-Offs Impact on Relations with China
In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Jorge Heine, Research Professor at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, was asked to comment on the impact Brazil’s run-off election will have on the country’s relationship with China.
As noted in the article, titled “What does Brazilian presidential run-off hold for ties with top trading partner China,” Brazil-China relations have been shaky under current President Jair Bolsonaro “due to tensions over China’s economic dominance and the origins of COVID-19.” Meanwhile, his opponent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been open to deepening relations with China both during his presidency and in his candidacy. Heine notes that Bolsonaro’s confrontational tone with China does not reflect the desires of trade and investment groups. He says that “both the military and the agribusiness community made it clear to him he should stop the anti-China rants.”
The full article can be read on the South China Morning Post‘s website.
Ambassador Jorge Heine is a Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He has served as ambassador of Chile to China (2014-2017), to India (2003-2007) and to South Africa (1994-1999), and as a Cabinet Minister in the Chilean Government. Read more on him here.