Key View:

• We are expanding our lithium coverage to Brazil on the back of new projects coming online over the short-term which will solidify the country's relevance​​​​ within the lithium sector.
• Lithium production will be driven by Canadian firm Sigma Resources and Norwegian multi-metal miner AMG Critical Materials who each have one project in

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• We believe that Brazil’s automotive industry will remain an attractive investment destination in the Latin America region, providing an opportunity for Brazil-based car makers to capitalise on the recovering passenger vehicle market in the Latin America region which we forecast to grow by 4.7% in 2019 and 4.3% in 2020.
• The recovery of

Key View:

• The successful auction of Brazil’s Norte-Sul (North-South) Railroad marks a positive step for the government's plans to boost development of the country's rail infrastructure.
• Limited participation in the auction illustrates the weak attractiveness of the project as well as Brazilian rail assets more broadly.
• We remain cautious

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• Brazil continues to be present on PhRMA's 2019 priority watch list. 
• The failure of the country to address its intellectual property concerns, as well as restrictive market access, poses downside risks for pharmaceutical companies. 
• The high medicine tax and patent backlogs contribute to uncertainty for pharmaceutical trade with

Key View

• A brighter economic outlook will support medical device market growth of 9.1% in 2019 and 8.5% in 2020 in local currency terms. 
• Medical device import performance will likely moderate in 2019 after robust growth in 2018. 
• A gradual recovery in domestic manufacturing should support medical device export growth in 2019, despite

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• We at Fitch Solutions expect Brazil will gradually narrow its fiscal deficit over the coming years, as revenues pick up while expenditures are constrained.
• We have revised our forecast for fiscal deficit in 2019 to 6.4% of GDP, from 7.2% previously, following a narrower than expected shortfall in 2018 of 7.1%, although we forecast

On February 12, Fitch Solutions hosted a webinar in which we outlined our views on Brazil’s economic and political outlook as President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration takes shape. In this article we respond to a number of questions posed to us by attendees, which touch on the economic, political and foreign policy outlooks. A number of questions