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Multilateralism, democracy and foreign policy in the Brazil: disputes of the patents and the cotton in the WTO

The objective of this article is to verify if the perfectioning of the brazilian democratic institutions in what refers to the foreign affairs making process through elaboration and ampliation of the institutional ways which can make easier the interaction between policy-makers and civil society organization’s actors, can better the answer to demand from the technical quality of the brazilian diplomacy during the international commercial negotiations. Agreed the selection strategic at multilateralism, we will also verify if this perfectioning can create bigger international credibility and eligibility to the Brazilian actions at WTC, inclusively making possible to the country to mold international commerce regimes which favors to its national interests. We will search demonstrate the viability of the argument, analising the patents pharmaceuticals disputes and the agricultural subsidies questions, in specific, the cotton dispute in WTO with the United States.

Multilateralism; Democracy; Foreign Affairs of Brazil; WTO


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