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In the state of Mato Grosso, the emerald green fields of soy stretch to the horizon. Farmers with thousands of hectares to their name drive late-model pickups and discuss foreign exchange policy, and trucks bearing tonnes of the grain trundle past on their way to port. Cities that comprised only handfuls of families decades ago are bustling, with farmers aWholesale A&F hatsnd city officials talking of ever-increasing crop sizes.
Consider two slices of Brazilian industry: soy and shoes.
The Middle Kingdom has gone beyond merely influencing the Brazilian economy - the world's eighth largest - and has begun reshaping it, bringing bonanzas to some industries and burdens to others.
China, the world's second largest economycheap Famous hats, is now Brazil's top trading partner, surpassing the United States for the first time last year. Brazilian imports from China jumped 12-fold from 2000 to 2009, and exports went up a whopping 18 times. China consumed almost 14% of Brazil's exports in 2009 - and sent back almost 13% of Brazilian imports.
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