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            by investments. During this         On the other hand, these       lacking.
            period, we should see greater     advantages are  diminished          If we do our homework,
            stability for the real currency   by  the negative impact of       which includes staying on
            and for inflation.                inefficiencies  and  bottlenecks,   the  reform  agenda  as  well as
               Real (Brazilian currency)      as in the areas of infrastructure,   improving our perception of the
            interest rates are already        and by the famous “Brazil cost”.  environment  and  the  Amazon
            close to zero, pulling hard         Investments      in     the    region, Brazil can become one
            on  credit,  especially  private   country fell with the recent    of the most attractive emerging
            ones.  New  loans  via  financial   economic crisis and, therefore,   markets for investment and
            system (banks only) grow in       opportunities and demands for    the preferred choice of foreign
            double digits. Externally, the    a recovery in all sectors are not   investors.
            coronavirus ends up pushing
            commodity prices down.
               UBS has revised China’s
            growth this year from 6%
            to 5.5%. The effect may be
            temporary, but as long as
            the health problem does
            not stabilize, risks are still
            significant for growth.
            What is the recommendation
            for     foreigners      about
            Brazilian agribusiness?
               In general, our agribusiness
            has numerous opportunities,
            as it is a sector of tremendous
            competitive advantage, not          Sylvia Brasil Coutinho,
            only because of its  natural          CEO of UBS Bank in
            characteristics,   but    also                    Brazil
            because it has developed, over
            decades, vast knowledge and
                                                Sylvia Brasil Coutinho,
            production technologies in         巴西瑞银银行(UBS)
            tropical soils.
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            键是它在当地经济和全球经                      已接近于零,这沉重打击了                     它在热带土壤上发展了几十
            济上会发展到什么地位。不                      信贷尤其是私人信贷。 通过                    年,因此拥有大量的知识和
            过,若要说我们具备哪一                       金融系统(仅限银行)的新                     生产技术。
            领域的优势,那便是粮食生                      贷款现在以两位数在增长。                        另一方面,由于效率低下
            产,其中还包括生物燃料和                      但在外部因素下,冠状病毒                     和发展瓶颈(如基础设施落
            可再生能源的生产。                         导致了商品价格的下跌。                      后),以及著名的“巴西成
            从经济的层面看,不久的将                         瑞银银行(UBS)把中国                  本”,这些优势的发挥不能
            来会发生什么?                           今年的经济增长指数从6%                     最大化。
                 历经2014-2016严重的               改为5.5%,  虽然影响可能                     国内投资随着近期的经济
            经济危机和2018年的迷茫                     是暂时的,但是如果疫情无                     危机而减少,因此,各行各
            期后,2019年经济开始复                     法稳定,发展的风险依然存                     业都力争和要求恢复发展。
            苏。                                在。                                  如果我们做好功课,包括
               有了投资的主要支                        关于巴西的农业企业,您有                    坚持改革议程,以及提升我
            持,2020年的经济发展步                     什么建议给外国投资者?                      们对环境和亚马逊地区的洞
            伐将会加快。在此期间,我                         总的来说,我们的农业企                   察力,巴西会成为最吸引眼
            们应该会看到货币和通货膨                      业有许多发展的机会,因为                     球的新兴投资市场之一,也
            胀更具稳定性。                           它极具竞争优势,这不仅是                     会是外国投资者的首选。
               实际(巴西货币)利率早                    因为它的自然特征,还因为
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