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...