premise: Combining site visits to Brazil, Japan, West Germany, and France, interviews with many officials of appropriate agencies and from the private sector, examination of official government files, and a questionnaire survey of high technology firms active in the Brazilian market, the evaluators amassed a rich array of contextual and focal information and identified four trade practices considered to be key factors in export competitiveness in Brazilian markets.
hypothesis: The evaluators concluded that Brazil is ripe for various exports. 