Brazil anti-government protests: Thousands call for impeachment of Rousseff

Brazil anti-government protests: Thousands call for impeachment of Rousseff

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We discuss the political crisis in Brazil. On Sunday, between 1 and 2 million people took to the streets calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, whose popularity has plummeted to an all-time low. Only 8% of Brazilians support the president. That's the lowest popularity rating since the end of military rule in the 1980s. Rousseff is embroiled in a large-scale corruption scandal and is also suffering from a struggling economy. Can she see out the rest of her term?

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巴西学者:G20应建立约束机制 督促成员国践行承诺

Brazilian Scholar: G20 and restraint mechanisms should be established to supervise the practice of Member States Commitment

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Labor Law Factors in Foreign Direct Investment: A Preliminary Comparison between Brazil and China

对外直接投资中的劳动法因素：巴西与中国的初步比较

姜朋**    -   丽吉娅·毛拉·科斯塔***    -   陈涛涛**** 

摘要：在对外直接投资中，母国与东道国法律环境的差异会对实施对外投资的企业造成很大困扰。巴西与中国的劳动法就明显存在差异。这在对投资巴西的中国企业构成了严峻的挑战。本文对巴西与中国劳动法的立法体例、劳动法适用的对象以及与企业关系密切的若干具体制度加以比较，以期为投资巴西的中国企业提供有益的启示和借鉴。

关键词：劳动法；劳工保护；直接投资；巴西；中国

Labor Law Factors in Foreign Direct Investment: A Preliminary Comparison between Brazil and China

By   Peng JIANG,    Ligia Maura COSTA   Taotao CHEN

Abstract: In foreign direct investment, the huge gap of legal environment between the home country and the host country usually confuses the investing companies. Taking Brazil as an example, its complex labor legislation is quite different from China. Therefore, the companies based in China have to face great challenges when making direct investment in Brazil. This paper focuses on the comparison of these two countries’ legislation systems on labor, the applicable employees and their statutory labor rights, as well as the relative issues that are important to the enterprises, in order to provide the beneficial introduction and reference to Chinese enterprises and smooth their investments.

Key words: labor law; labor protection; direct investment; Brazil; China

Available at Journal of International Economic Cooperation

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** 清华大学经济管理学院副教授。

*** 巴西Fundacao Getulio Vargas大学商学院教授。

**** 清华大学经济管理学院教授。