ISBN-13: 9789041149619 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 289 str.
Although it has been ranked the fourth largest destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the world, Brazil has not enacted specific legislation to promote or protect FDI. Nor are there any investment treaties in force, so Brazilian companies investing abroad act without international legal protection. Considering the countryand#8217;s widely acclaimed and#8220;arrivaland#8221; into the small family of the worldand#8217;s major trading nations, the question of Braziland#8217;s entry in the international FDI system and#8211; not only as an incentive to the inflow of foreign investment, but also to protect the investments of its national companies abroad and#8211; has become a hotly debated issue. This timely book, with its incisive reports on all important aspects of the matter, tackle this subject with prodigious knowledge and insight. With detailed analysis of investment-related legislation, including different legal and regulatory models, as well the examination of peculiarities of highly specialized industries present in Brazil, the authors cover such aspects as the following: