Bolsonaro wants trade to make up 30 percent of Brazil's GDP by 2022: source

Reuters

Published Jan 17, 2019 03:07PM ET

Bolsonaro wants trade to make up 30 percent of Brazil's GDP by 2022: source

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's economic team wants trade to account for 30 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)by the end of his four-year term, a senior administration source said on Thursday, adding that growing commerce was a priority.

"We've rarely had more than 20 percent, 25 percent (of GDP)," the source said, estimating it currently stands at 22 to 23 percent of GDP. The source was not authorized to speak on the record.