A política externa de Bolsonaro na adoção do 5G: Grupos de interesse e pressões externas

Abstract

This work aims at identifying the different actors and interest groups, nationals or foreign, that were able to pressure the Brazilian government amid the technological international dispute between the United States and China, resulting on the decision to not ban the presence of Huawei on the commercial 5G mobile networks of Brazil. The study emphasizes the interests and internal groups that formed the support base of Bolsonaro’s government, highlighting the internal divergences of these groups. The methodology used is the study case, together with the structure proposed by Margaret Hermann, as a way of analyzing a decision-making process marked by strong divergences and uncertainties. The results reveal that the group classified here as pragmatic stood out due to the economic factors involved, in addition to the Chinese pressure on Brazil, which played a decisive role in this process.