Schlagzeilen der internationalen Ausgabe des VALOR ECONÔMICO vom 2.1.2017

AGRIBUSINESSInvestments and innovation heating up in the farm sector After slowing in 2015, investments aimed at increasing productivity have begun to increase in the country

ECONOMY Brazilian exports regain ground against Chinese competition Exchange rates have boosted Brazilian sales to Mercosur, Aladi, and Nafta but structural factors still make Chinese goods a strong threat COMMENTARY Angela BittencourtReforms, the springboard for 2018, are advancing Economic scenario benefits from better-controlled inflation, but reforms may still prove insufficient to keep Michel Temer in power until 2018 MARKETSInvestors struggle to be heard in Novo Mercado reform ECONOMYBrazil aging at record pace BUSINESSOil sector, manufacturing at odds over local content rules ECONOMYBrazilian inventors wait up to a decade for patents BUSINESSCanceled auction is setback for alternative energy industry

BRIEFS New mayors take over promising austerity The 5,568 Brazilian mayors sworn in on Sunday made clear in inauguration speeches that they are taking over as crisis managers. Few promised investments and some announced austerity measures, like the dismissal of 2,800 workers in Belo Horizonte by Alexandre Kalin (Humanist Party of Solidary, PHS). The new Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella (Brazilian Republican Party, PRB), even signed 78 decrees cutting expenditures on Sunday and stated: “Spending is forbidden.” João Doria (Brazilian Social Democracy Party, PSDB), the mayor of São Paulo, made a more political speech that could signal his support for the presidential bid of Governor Geraldo Alckmin, although he ruled out seeking re-election or any other public office in 2020. In a symbolic gesture, the mayor and his entire cabinet will put on street-cleaner uniforms on Monday morning to “clean up” the city. Biological agricultural products market poised for new growth ahead Death pension cuts to affect half of beneficiaries, ease fiscal costs Leader Magazine strikes creditor deal, files for bankruptcy protection BlackRock expects another year of strong gains for Brazilian bonds São Paulo court halts arbitration clause in partnership dispute CVC plans to nearly double chain of student exchange agencies Upper management grows more optimistic about 2017