Intellectual Property Protection: Since 2007, Brazil has been listed on the Watch List in USTR’s Special 301 Report, which identifies countries that deny adequate and effective intellectual property protections or fair and equitable market access to U.S. persons who rely on intellectual property.
https://t.co/KFjl2LbzgD
Anti-Corruption Enforcement: Corruption in Brazil is not new, but with its recent actions, Brazil has moved farther away from global norms relating to fighting bribery and corruption. Last year, Brazil scored only 35 out of 100 on the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
Given Brazilian companies’ involvement in some of the world’s largest corruption cases in the last decade, the OECD has expressed concerns about Brazil’s failure to achieve a sustainable level of foreign bribery enforcement consistent with its economic profile.
https://t.co/abhu9Quw5X
For decades, Brazil’s unreasonable acts, policies, and practices have harmed U.S. commerce, including by unfairly advantaging Brazil’s producers over their American competitors and by restricting access to one of the world’s top export markets. For example:
Illegal Deforestation: Brazil’s deforestation practices make it more difficult for the U.S. logging industry to compete fairly in global markets. A staggering 91% of deforestation in the Amazon was illegal harvesting between 2023 and 2024. Illegally sourced timber products contribute to distorted global prices, resulting in the devaluation of U.S. wood products, with illegally sourced timber estimated to reduce legally sourced timber prices by 7% to 16%.
There is also evidence that some sub-central levels of Brazil’s government are taking steps to eliminate or roll back tax and other public- and private-sector incentives designed to discourage deforestation.
Read the below 🧵 for more non-reciprocal, pervasive trade practices.
Servir a Deus requer de nós esforço, disciplina, dedicação, comprometimento… não é uma via de mão única onde só Deus na Sua graça nos alcança. Tem que ter o retorno de gratidão e anseio da nossa parte, ainda que o resultado seja a longo prazo (no caso, a Eternidade).
Daí pensei nos irmãos que dizem “ah eu não fiz devocional pq tava mt cansado”, “ñ deu tempo” …
O Ap. Paulo disse: “Tenha CUIDADO de ti mesmo e da doutrina; PERSEVERA nestas coisas; porque, fazendo isto, te salvarás, tanto a ti mesmo como aos que te ouvem” (I Tm.4:16)
“Todavia, as notícias a respeito dele se espalhavam ainda mais, de forma que multidões vinham para ouvi-lo e para serem curadas de suas doenças. Mas Jesus retirava-se para lugares solitários e orava.”
Lucas 5:15-16 NVI
Tem muita gente querendo viver coisas grandes com Jesus mas não quer sair da praia. Pega o barco da sua vida e vai pra onde as águas são mais fundas, meu querido!
A limitação de Zaqueu (sua baixa estatura) não o impediu de buscar Jesus.
Não permita que suas limitações e dificuldades te impeçam de buscar o Mestre.