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Viewing cable 09SAOPAULO212, Media Reaction Sao Paulo- Attention on China, The Death of

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09SAOPAULO212 2009-04-07 18:13 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0014
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0212 0971813
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 071813Z APR 09
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9097
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 0244
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 9102
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000212 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
SUBJECT:  Media Reaction Sao Paulo- Attention on China, The Death of 
the Consensus 04-06-2009 
 
Media Reaction: Global Economy: G-20 summit readout; financial 
market crisis; China and global economy; Sao Paulo 
 
April 6, 2009 
 
Title- Attention on China 
 
Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (4-6) states: "....On Friday 
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took a dangerous step.  He 
proposed to his Chinese colleague, Hu Jintao, the utilization of 
their currencies - Real and Yuan - for bilateral trade, replacing 
the [US] dollar....Brazil, to the contrary of what President Lula 
proposes, should lead the resistance to the excessive penetration - 
and many times based on unfair trade practices - of Chinese 
interests in South America." 
 
Title- The Death of the Consensus 
 
Op-ed in liberal business oriented Valor Econtmico (4-6) by Sergio 
Leo states: "...The death declared by British Prime Minister Gordon 
Brown was not of the Washington Consensus, but rather the 
fundamentalist belief in just one of its 10 items: deregulation as 
the best tool for promoting the allocation of resources and 
development.  The new global consensus establishes that the 
post-crisis world will have stronger and more active institutions to 
control market agents.  As with every international economic 
consensus, the new consensus is not entirely followed by the most 
powerful countries when they make their policies....A good part of 
President Lula's success at the G-20 comes from the Brazilian 
government's respect for the principles enshrined in the Washington 
Consensus....He knows that his credibility would be dead if he 
believed that the era of fiscal discipline for the dark skinned 
countries is over [in a allusion to the contrary of blue-eyed 
people, which Lula said were to blame for the crisis] ." 
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