Comments for Flooded with Cash, Saudis Arrive in Brazil Ready to Invest at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:36:15 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/5352/1/#pc_1871 Whoever is writing these comments on this site is cluded up and should be working in government offices instead of these outdated political donkey\'s who appear to be lost or confused. There is some much wisdom and talent in Brazil which is unrecognized, it beggers belief... why individuals like this are not snapped up by the government. This is such a shame......such a shame! A BOOM and BUST economy is extremely damaging, and displays political incompetence. How does Brazil source it\'s civil servants...or government personnel? Maybe this should be reviewed so you can emerge from this unfortunate stagnation. - Guest Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:07:11 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/5352/1/#pc_1776 .....but are so happy to have neoliberalists counterparties buying Brazilian products or foreigners investing in Brazil. The Brazilian ideology of anti neoliberalism.. .has no common sense and is goofed by their own definition. ONE way trade is the hidden and untold dreams of Brazil. They will fail miserably because no one is this world, developed or developing nations, are the best in every and all products produced at home. Except in agriculture or basic commodities, Brazil will never ever be competitive with China on low to medium technology products and will never ever be competitive in high technology products, because they invest very little in R&D. Take the case of textile : you export cotton to China but at the end they export back to Brazil cotton textile products to Brazil. Or take cars built in your country : last year it was cheaper to imports some assembly parts, plate sheets, from Germany (not even China) rather than those produced in Brazil. Despite the fact that Germany had imported the basic commodity from..... no one else than BRAZIL ITSELF !!!!!!!!!!! Even worse in the drugs sector : such as the AIDS drugs. Foreign companies have invested billions and billions of US$ in R&D and then you dont recognize their patents or Intelectual property rights. Quite a sad reality. Your arrogance at every levels in indutries and trades will not be helpful long term for you. No country has yet become a developed country just on agriculture. NO ONE YET ! That is why Brazil has been nicknamed a BOOM and BUST ECONOMY. Nothing has changed yet, despite you are so far still in a BOOMING economy but only in the export of the agricultural sector. Every thing else is stagnant. Just look at your overall 2005 growth rate. The BUST time is around the corner, not that far away. Cheers - Guest Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:49:11 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/5352/1/#pc_1746 ...remain the best traders in the world, together with the Chinese. Does Brazil have not within their most wealthy citizens, people from Muslims or Jews religions ????? Nothing wrong with that. But what is more curious is that Brazilians are always happy when foreigners invest in in Brazil, it happens that Brazilians are always reluctant to invest abroad. Therefore you are missing the opportunities that other countries provide to you. Brazil has not invested abroad, in China in particular in the textiles, computers, car plants, tractor, machinery, just to name a few sectors. The result is that you put high trade barriers on all these products, because you are not competitive and want to produce yourself everything from A to Z. But you are quite happy when a foreigner invest in Brazil. Strange conception....at best ! And you do exactly the same at the WTO. It would appear quite normal to you that developed nations reduce their agriculture subsidies, but at the same time, it also is quite normal that you subsidise ALL exporting sectors, not only your agriculture, through export tax credits, and very cheap BNDES loans. At the end you just put an autogoal to yourself. Because there is nothing wrong to invest in a foreign country that produces goods at a cheaper price that you can produce yourself. But you understand this only when others are investing in your country and never the opposite. This is a simple demonstration that Brazilian businessmen have been and still are the worst of all. That is Brazil with all their contradictions. - Guest Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:15:08 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/5352/1/#pc_1745 They\'re nothing but pigs and unloyal traders. - Guest Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:03:55 +0100