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12 FROM THE TOP » JOHANNES ROSCHECK, AUDI February 2019 | AutoData lution, it was a solution. But in the end, it was postponed to 2019. Does Rota 2030 represent a definer for newAudi investments in Brazil? Yes and no. For not having solved the question of credits return, it creates a bit of a doubt with regard to Brazil’s res- ponsibility and the industry’s ability to solve some issues: you can’t discuss the same thing forever without solving it. The previous government endedwithout defining that point. The current government has, at least in theory, a different attitude from the previous one regarding issues like this. Does that worry you? Yes, there is some concern. It is like if we had money in a bank that closed and it was sold to another: the owner of the previous bank had already recognized that the money was ours, but now that the bank has been sold we have to re- discuss the matter with the new owner. Also in theory, the newgovernment de- fends a general reduction of taxes, not concerning about specific sectoral ques- tions.What is your evaluation about that? We need to solve the past, close that chapter and look ahead. The Rota pro- gramprovides a basis, defines a policy in terms of technology. I think that themost important thing is having a clear path for the industry, to knowwhere Brazil wants to get. The rest is a matter of time, of making adjustments. The tax subject is also very relevant because it addresses competitiveness. Today, we can’t even export to Latin American countries from Brazil, and one of the reasons is the very old tax policy. In Brazil, the percentage of taxes is not absurdly high, but they are cascade taxes and the industrial process suffers from it. That policy is bad for the development of labor and technolo- gy because the industry reduces to a maximum the number of stages in the production process to pay less tax as much as possible.