Brazil's Balancing Act.

Discusses the position of Brazil on a single free trade zone among nations in the Western Hemisphere called the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) as of January 2004. Argument of economist Paulo Nogueria Batista of the Getulio Vargas Foundation, on the issue of the FTAA; Disadvantages of the businesses of Brazil; Comments from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on the favorability of the FTAA project to poor countries.