[Dotty]

That is an interesting report,

But in reality Brasil has dropped it's ranking by quite a bit due to corruption and a lack of vision to open a free economy and the very tight Brasilian laws to receive investments from overseas with open arms(I am not only refering to the property market,but imports too.

Originally Posted by jonathanlondres

The Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge, announced this Monday, during the third meeting of the Joint Economic and Trade (Jetco, its Spanish acronym), in Sao Paulo, which double the turnover with the United Kingdom in five years. According to him, today the business transactions between the two nations are about $ 5.2 billion

In order to continue with England, the minister intends to "break down bureaucratic barriers that hinder the export." "Our exports have grown 20% constantly, but the idea is to further increase this percentage."
The British Minister of State for Business, John Hutton, who scores the United Kingdom, increasingly, whether doing business with Brazil. "It's one of the largest economies in the world. The country is growing and full of opportunities," he said.

Over the past ten months, the British press has published positive reports on the Brazilian economy. To attract entrepreneurs from the United Kingdom to the country, the British government, through the Bureau of Business and Investment, published a Guide to Business in Brazil to stimulate the exchange of information between the British and Brazilian entrepreneurs: the idea is to show the opportunities to being exploited in the country