Digital Trade Review of Brazil
This Digital Trade Review of Brazil provides an overview of Brazil’s participation in digital trade and the related regulatory environment. It provides insights into how Brazil might ensure that the new challenges raised by the digital transformation for trade can be managed and the benefits shared more inclusively. While Brazil has embraced the digital transformation and has strong potential to benefit from digital trade, it will need to continue the ongoing process of regulatory reform. This includes reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade on ICT goods; reducing regulatory barriers to ICT services; increasing engagement in international discussions on digital trade; and continuing efforts to bridge digital divides.
Mapping Brazil’s participation in digital trade
This chapter reviews existing data to map different aspects of Brazil’s participation in digital trade. It shows that, despite considerable progress in connecting individuals to the Internet, Brazil still maintains barriers on ICT goods and services. This is affecting the ability of Brazilian firms to effectively leverage digital technologies to increase trade. In particular, Brazil lags in the use of ICT inputs in key export sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fishing and in manufacturing. However, Brazil has emerged as a strong regional supplier of digitally deliverable services. Moreover, further engagement in trade in parcels can provide new avenues for exports of Brazilian SMEs.
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