Read more about the article Public financing of green innovation: Matchmaking of offers and demand for financing + Economic and Political Impacts of COVID-19 on BRICS Countries

Public financing of green innovation: Matchmaking of offers and demand for financing + Economic and Political Impacts of COVID-19 on BRICS Countries

Public financing of green innovation: Matchmaking of offers and demand for financing - Relevant recent literature states that direct and pervasive public financing has been instrumental in the development of innovative technological trajectories. The reasoning builds on: (i) the presence of finance from public sources across the entire innovation chain; (ii) the concept of ‘mission-oriented’ policies that have created new technological and industrial landscapes; and (iii) the entrepreneurial and lead investor role of public actors, willing and able to take on extreme risks, independent of the business cycle. On the other hand, public financing depends largely on the availability of funds. The available capital (human or otherwise) for different jurisdictions is different, which may motivate a case for heterogeneity of policies regarding innovation funding. ------------------- Economic and Political Impacts of COVID-19 on BRICS Countries The event, organized by GEBRICS/USP and the Department of International and Comparative Law (DIN) of the Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, aims to bring together professors, researches, specialists and diplomatic representatives from all BRICS countries

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Read more about the article China retorna ao caminho do reequilíbrio, por Otaviano Canuto

China retorna ao caminho do reequilíbrio, por Otaviano Canuto

a economia global pós covid-19 reforçará a necessidade da China de acelerar o que ela própria chamou de “reequilíbrio” e, com a recuperação depois do mergulho profundo durante a pandemia, o foco se voltará para um retorno mais acelerado ao que estava ocorrendo anteriormente.

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Read more about the article Shapes of post-coronavirus economic recovery

Shapes of post-coronavirus economic recovery

Data recently released on the first-quarter global domestic product (GDP) performance of major economies have showed how significant the impact of COVID-19 has been on economic activity and jobs, with large contractions across the board. The ongoing global recession is poised to be worse than the “great recession” after the 2008-09 global financial crisis, especially from the standpoint of emerging market and developing economies. The depth and speed of the GDP decline will rival that of the Great Depression of the 1930s. But how swiftly will national economies recover once the pandemic has passed? And when will that happen? That will depend on how successful the containment of coronavirus and exit strategies will be, as well as on how cost-effective will be the policies designed to deal with the negative economic effects of coronavirus.

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Read more about the article Competing for Influence: China in Latin America

Competing for Influence: China in Latin America

Until recently, China had little interest in Latin America. Now, its investment is transforming the region. Great Decisions investigates this new alignment and the prospect of direct competition with the United States. ----------------- The Foreign Policy Association produced a series of documentaries called Great Decisions 2020 to be broadcast on TV by PBS (Public Broadcasting System) and followed by community group discussions all over the US. I participated in 2 episodes. The pandemic has been forcing the cancellation of huge numbers of Great Decisions groups all over the country, so they decided to go ahead and put all of this season’s episodes on YouTube for free. Here’s the China/Latin America episode 

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Read more about the article How Coronavirus Poses New Risks to Latin America’s Sputtering Economies
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JANUARY 31 : Passengers are seen wearing masks at Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 31, 2020 following Coronavirus outbreak. The new coronavirus epidemic has killed 106 people and infected more than 4,500 in China and 56 more confirmed cases in at least 18 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). (Photo by Fabio Teixeira/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

How Coronavirus Poses New Risks to Latin America’s Sputtering Economies

China’s economy has come to a sudden stop. Outside of China, the impact of the slowdown has already been felt, with companies like Apple and Land Rover warning of lower production, as parts for their products simply fail to arrive on time. For Latin America, which counts China as its largest trade partner overall, the risks are also piling up. Here we approach four main channels through which the shock to China’s economy may be felt in Latin America.

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Read more about the article Coronavírus: o impacto na economia global e na economia brasileira

Coronavírus: o impacto na economia global e na economia brasileira

O surto do #Coronavírus originado na #China trouxe pânico global ao setor de saúde. Mas ele não está sozinho... Os mercados mundiais sentiram fortes impactos com a crise, com quedas expressivas nos principais indicadores econômicos. Nesta coluna para o #AjusteDeContas, Otaviano Canuto faz uma análise das perspectivas para a economia global sob a ótica desta epidemia. No video seguinte, abaixo, ele aborda os impactos diretos sobre a economia brasileira. O primeiro ivdeo, por sua vez, em entrevista a Record News atualiza analises para o dia 26 de fevereiro

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Read more about the article Capítulo tecnológico do confronto EUA-China vai perdurar, diz Otaviano Canuto

Capítulo tecnológico do confronto EUA-China vai perdurar, diz Otaviano Canuto

Nos últimos 2 anos, com a guerra iniciada pelos EUA, investidores de Taiwan, Japão e EUA já aceleraram o translado de linhas de montagem e de contratos de fornecimento em suas cadeias de valor nos setores de informática, eletrônica e comunicações da China para Vietnam, Tailândia, Indonésia e, em menor grau, o México. O salto para o topo da escada tecnológica é que parece estar sendo exigido muito antes do tempo esperado… O atual aperto do governo dos Estados Unidos sobre Huawei e outras é apenas 1 capítulo de uma novela que vai demorar em seu desdobramento… em algum momento passando pelo Brasil.

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Read more about the article Guerra das Teles: EUA x China

Guerra das Teles: EUA x China

Todo mundo só fala da guerra comercial entre EUA e China, mas as duas maiores potências mundias também travam outra guerra: as das telecomunicações. Tudo isso por causa da implantação do sistema #5G. A chinesa #Huawei vem ganhando espaço, mas os norte-americanos tentam barrar sua expansão com temor de #Espionagem. É pano pra manga pra mais uma participação do correspondente de Washington, Otaviano Canuto, no Ajuste de Contas.

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Read more about the article The US-China Trade War Is Accelerating China’s Rebalancing

The US-China Trade War Is Accelerating China’s Rebalancing

Over the past two years, with the US-initiated war, investors from Taiwan, Japan and the US have already accelerated the transfer of assembly lines and supply contracts in their ITC value chains from China to Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and, to a lesser extent, Mexico. On the other hand, the leap to the top of the technology ladder is what seems to be required long before the expected time…

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Read more about the article Otaviano Canuto: na guerra comercial entre EUA e China, América Latina vira grama

Otaviano Canuto: na guerra comercial entre EUA e China, América Latina vira grama

Mesmo do ponto de vista daquelas economias latino-americanas que obtiveram ganhos de curto prazo com a guerra comercial entre os EUA e a China, os efeitos negativos provavelmente superarão os positivos. A disputa entre as duas maiores economias do mundo nos leva a recordar o antigo provérbio suaíli: “Quando os elefantes lutam, a grama é pisada; quando os elefantes fazem amor, a grama é pisada!”

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