The expansion of Chinese foreign investment: the case of the Brazilian energy sector
Journal Title: Conjuntura Austral: journal of the Global South - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 44
Abstract
Since the end of the 2000tees there has been a considerable amount of Chinese investments in Brazil´s energy sector, specifically in oil and electricity. These flows are part of a wider movement that transformed China from a net recipient to a net exporter of capital. This article analyses the dynamics of this new reality in the Brazil case, in the framework of Chinese strategy for a new stage in its internationalization and the strategies of the companies involved. Investments in the oil sector correspond basically to a resource-seeking strategy that has been a reality for a longer period of time and reflects China´s high dependence of fossil energy in general and import dependency of oil in specific. On the other hand, the investment flow in the electricity sector corresponds to a new strategy of capital export and market-seeking based on technological supremacy.
Authors and Affiliations
Giorgio Romano Schutte, Victor Sant'Anna Debone
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