Brazil
Socialist
Freedom
Brazil’s economic freedom score is 56.6, making its economy the 118th freest in the 2015 Index. Its score is 0.3 point worse than last year, reflecting declines in half of the 10 economic freedoms including investment freedom, the management of government spending, and monetary freedom.
Brazil traded with the U.S. the most when it came to coffee supply. Brazil had a lot and the U.S. needed it. That's one way Brazil was useful to the U.S.
Brazils Industries are textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
Tax
The top individual income tax rate is 27.5 percent. The tax burden is equivalent to 35.3 percent of domestic income.