O Brasil e a OMC: uma discussão das relações multilaterais estabelecidas e sua relevância na atualidade

Abstract

This monographic work seeks to discuss the importance of the Brazilian relationships on the World Trade Organization and how Brazil uses the institution’s Dispute Settlement System to defend and, therefore, support his national interests. To hold the discussion of this work, a literature revision of other studies in the area of discussion was made, also, a descriptive analysis of the collected data was made. The collected data can be described in two groups. The first one refers to the mensal data of the Brazilian export and import categorized by sections of the Harmonized System and they were collected via ComexStat, a Ministério da Economia’s platform. The second one refers to the Brazilian’s disputes on the WTO, since the institution’s creation until 2019. Through the explanation of how the WTO emerged, it’s mechanisms and importance on the international trading system and as well through the exposition of Brazil’s trading profile together with Brazil’s entrepreneurs on the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) and with the successful cotton dispute case against the United States of America, it is understood that the World Trade Organization is a relevant multilateral negotiation environment for the countries that are member of the institution, and that Brazil has a featured role on WTO, mainly between members that are also countries in development. With its outstanding results reached in the DSB, Brazil got credibility to defend his schedules, for example the question of the agriculture subsidies that are defended by developed countries. It is raised in this work as well that this credibility also assists Brazil in new entrepreneurs in the DSB, whether they are as complainant or as respondent. Finally, after finding that this relation is relevant, it is indicated that Brazil keeps preserving its position on the institution, strengthening its multilateral ties in this system.