We would export capital and import manufactured commodities. Although we may consider ourselves freedom lovers, although we dream of a society without borders, in this case it is necessary that there be borders. However, the country didn't invest in these technologies. It is important that the country maintain a protectionist policy for a determined period so that it will be at the same level as the competitors. Our country must be able to offer modern goods at prices competitive with the world market.
Brazil is a country that has a good intellectual base and a good industrial base.
But we are behind where we were ten years ago. Brazil had a bigger industrial capacity ten years ago than it does today. Today it is only 35 percent. The buying capacity of the minimum wage today is 25 percent of what it was in the 1940s. It is not possible to improve Brazil if there is no redistribution of income.