Brazilian foreign trade policy and interest representation: the case of large citrus industries

Abstract

The 21st century provided opportunities for Brazilian agribusiness with changes in the state structure that enabled the participation of the business sector in the formulation of foreign trade policy. The objective of this article is to analyze the strategies adopted by interest groups of citrus processing industries to influence the decision-making in foreign trade policy in favor of to the segment between 2001 and 2018. The political investment portfolio of the interest representation associations of the citrus industries was assessed in three ministries with competencies in foreign trade policy-MAPA, MDIC, and MRE, which were frequently used by the sector.